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επιδημία
epidemic /e.pi.ði.miˈa/
nounC1#4029 most common
Also: outbreak
Example sentences
Υπάρχει επιδημία γρίπης στην πόλη.
There is a flu epidemic in the city.
Οι γιατροί προσπαθούν να σταματήσουν την επιδημία.
The doctors are trying to stop the epidemic.
Η επιδημία εξαπλώθηκε γρήγορα σε όλη τη χώρα.
The epidemic spread quickly across the whole country.
Η κυβέρνηση έλαβε αυστηρά μέτρα για να περιορίσει την επιδημία.
The government took strict measures to limit the epidemic.
Οι ειδικοί μελετούν τα αίτια των επιδημιών που εμφανίστηκαν τον περασμένο αιώνα.
Experts study the causes of the epidemics that appeared in the last century.
Η ιστορική ανάλυση των επιδημιών αποκαλύπτει πώς οι κοινωνικές ανισότητες επιδεινώνουν την εξάπλωση των ασθενειών.
Historical analysis of epidemics reveals how social inequalities worsen the spread of disease.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | η επιδημία | οι επιδημίες |
| Genitive | της επιδημίας | των επιδημιών |
| Accusative | την επιδημία | τις επιδημίες |
| Vocative | επιδημία | επιδημίες |
Word family
επιδημικόςepidemic (adjective form), e.g. epidemic disease
πανδημίαpandemic
ενδημικόςendemic
επιδημιολογίαepidemiology
δήμοςmunicipality, the people
Etymology
The word comes from ancient Greek epidēmía, built from epi- (upon, among) and dēmos (the people), with the abstract noun suffix -ia. It originally described a condition that was 'upon the people', that is, widespread among a population. Ancient Greek medical writers, including the Hippocratic corpus, used it for diseases that struck many people in a place at once. The root dēmos itself has no secure Indo-European origin and may come from a pre-Greek substrate language.
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