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==Origin==
French épidémique, from Middle French, from epidemie, noun, epidemic, from Late Latin epidemia, from [[Greek]] epidēmia [[visit]], epidemic, from epidēmos visiting, epidemic, from epi- + dēmos people — more at [[demagogue]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_century 1603]
==Definitions==
*1: affecting or tending to [[affect]] a disproportionately large number of [[individuals]] within a [[population]], [[community]], or region at the [[same time]] <typhoid was epidemic>
*2a : excessively prevalent
:b : contagious 4 <epidemic laughter>
*3: characterized by very widespread [[growth]] or extent : of, relating to, or constituting an epidemic <the [[practice]] had reached epidemic [[proportions]]>
==Description==
In epidemiology, an '''epidemic''' (επι (epi)- [[meaning]] "upon or above" and δεμος (demos)- meaning "people"), occurs when new cases of a certain [[disease]], in a given [[human]] [[population]], and during a given period, substantially exceed what is expected based on recent [[experience]]. The disease is not required to be communicable. An epidemic may be restricted to one locale, or it may be global, in which case it is called a [[pandemic]]. A few cases of a very rare disease may be classified as an epidemic, while many cases of a common disease (such as the common cold) would not.
==External links==
*[http://www.laprp.com/article.php?aid=348 Video Discussion of the Prostate Cancer Epidemic]
*[http://vlab.infotech.monash.edu.au/simulations/cellular-automata/epidemic/ Monash Virtual Laboratory] - Simulations of epidemic spread across a landscape
*[http://www.christianwalks.org/churchgodpro/disease.htm Maping the Outbreaks]
[[Category: Health]]
[[Category: Biology]]
==Origin==
French épidémique, from Middle French, from epidemie, noun, epidemic, from Late Latin epidemia, from [[Greek]] epidēmia [[visit]], epidemic, from epidēmos visiting, epidemic, from epi- + dēmos people — more at [[demagogue]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_century 1603]
==Definitions==
*1: affecting or tending to [[affect]] a disproportionately large number of [[individuals]] within a [[population]], [[community]], or region at the [[same time]] <typhoid was epidemic>
*2a : excessively prevalent
:b : contagious 4 <epidemic laughter>
*3: characterized by very widespread [[growth]] or extent : of, relating to, or constituting an epidemic <the [[practice]] had reached epidemic [[proportions]]>
==Description==
In epidemiology, an '''epidemic''' (επι (epi)- [[meaning]] "upon or above" and δεμος (demos)- meaning "people"), occurs when new cases of a certain [[disease]], in a given [[human]] [[population]], and during a given period, substantially exceed what is expected based on recent [[experience]]. The disease is not required to be communicable. An epidemic may be restricted to one locale, or it may be global, in which case it is called a [[pandemic]]. A few cases of a very rare disease may be classified as an epidemic, while many cases of a common disease (such as the common cold) would not.
==External links==
*[http://www.laprp.com/article.php?aid=348 Video Discussion of the Prostate Cancer Epidemic]
*[http://vlab.infotech.monash.edu.au/simulations/cellular-automata/epidemic/ Monash Virtual Laboratory] - Simulations of epidemic spread across a landscape
*[http://www.christianwalks.org/churchgodpro/disease.htm Maping the Outbreaks]
[[Category: Health]]
[[Category: Biology]]
