epidemicity
/ˌɛpɪdəˈmɪsəti/
noun
- The quality or state of being epidemic; the tendency of a disease to spread rapidly among many people in a community or region.
- Improved sanitation reduced the epidemicity of cholera in the city.
- The high epidemicity of the flu this winter overwhelmed local hospitals.
- Scientists studied the epidemicity of the virus to predict how fast it would spread.
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