epidemicity

epidemicity
The state of prevailing disease in epidemic form.

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ep·i·de·mic·i·ty .ep-ə-.dem-'is-ət-ē, .ep-əd-ə-'mis- n, pl -ties the quality or state of being epidemic specif the relative ability to spread from one host to others <the \epidemicity of typhoid bacteria>

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ep·i·de·mic·i·ty (ep″ĭ-də-misґĭ-te) the state or quality of being epidemic.

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