EPIDEMIC
Scrabble letter values: E1P3I1D2E1M3I1C3 = 15
Definition
- adjective (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease.
- noun a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease.
Examples
- “attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously”
- “an epidemic outbreak of influenza”
- “many people are infected at the same time”