Usage Note
Epidemico agrees in gender and number: epidemica, epidemici, epidemiche. It is used in medical contexts (una diffusione epidemica, epidemic spread) and figuratively (una violenza epidemica, epidemic-level violence). Do not confuse with pandemico (pandemic), which implies worldwide spread. The noun is epidemia.
Examples
"Il contagio ha raggiunto proporzioni epidemiche."
Natural Translation
The contagion reached epidemic proportions.

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