What is another word for Epidemical?

Pronunciation: [ˌɛpɪdˈɛmɪkə͡l] (IPA)

Epidemical is an adjective that describes something relating to or characteristic of an epidemic. The word can be used to describe the spread of a disease, a phenomenon that affects many people in a particular area or a widespread occurrence of a particular phenomenon. Synonyms for epidemical include epidemic, pandemic, contagious, infectious, widespread, rampant, prevalent, and ubiquitous. These words can be used interchangeably with epidemical depending on the context in which they are used. While different, these words convey the same sense of something that affects a large number of people, animals, or things.

What are the hypernyms for Epidemical?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Epidemical

And the "lower" forms are often more persistent than the "higher" ones, while, as the course of Epidemical and other diseases shows certain lowly forms of life may make the existence of the higher forms impossible.
"A Grammar of Freethought"
Chapman Cohen
There is no other remedy for this Epidemical malady than that spirit of philosophy, which, extending itself from one to another, at length civilizes and softens the manners of men and prevents the access of the disease.
"A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 5 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version""
François-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire) Commentator: John Morley Tobias Smollett H.G. Leigh
First, the physicians are to take care that they do nothing to irritate this Epidemical distemper.
"The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. VI. (of 12)"
Edmund Burke

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