epidemiclike

epidemiclike

English

Etymology

epidemic +‎ -like

Adjective

epidemiclike (comparative more epidemiclike, superlative most epidemiclike)

1. Resembling or characteristic of an epidemic.
   • 1989, Corinne Balog Cataldo, Jacquelyn R. Nyenhuis, Eleanor Noss Whitney, Nutrition and diet therapy: principles and practice

     Major epidemiclike deficiency diseases, such as pellagra and beriberi, are no longer seen in the United States and Canada […]