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Epidemic
A disease is an epidemic when it breaks out and rages in a community, only to subside afterward. (citation)
Outbreak
A series of cases of a disease which starts suddenly. (citation)
Pandemic
(adjective) Describing a widespread epidemic disease affecting large numbers of people in different countries simultaneously. The term should be reserved for human diseases; the equivalent term for animal diseases is panzootic. (citation)
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