epideemia

== Estonian == === Etymology === From Medieval Latin epidēmia, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἐπιδήμιος (epidḗmios), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + δῆμος (dêmos, “people”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /epiˈd̥eːmiɑ̯/, [epˑiˈd̥eːmiɑ̯] Rhymes: -eːmiɑ Hyphenation: epi‧dee‧mia === Noun === epideemia (genitive epideemia, partitive epideemiat) epidemic (a mass outbreak of an acute infectious disease) Synonym: taud (figuratively) a rapidly spreading (unpleasant) phenomenon Ülekaalu epideemia ei ole ainult ameeriklaste probleem. ― The epidemic of obesity is not only a problem for Americans. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Compounds ==== === References === epideemia in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut) “epideemia”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009 “epideemia”, in [VSL] Võõrsõnade leksikon [Lexicon of Foreign Words] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012