English edit

Etymology edit

epidemic +‎ -like

Adjective edit

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 []