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epidemic threshold

epidemic threshold noun: a predefined threshold for the number of cases of a contagious disease above which the disease is considered to be at epidemic levels.

Noun

epidemic threshold (countable and uncountable, plural epidemic thresholds)

  1. a predefined threshold for the number of cases of a contagious disease above which the disease is considered to be at epidemic levels.

Forms of epidemic threshold

pluralepidemic thresholds

Origin of epidemic threshold

From epidemic + threshold.

Questions about epidemic threshold

What does epidemic threshold mean?
Epidemic threshold means a predefined threshold for the number of cases of a contagious disease above which the disease is considered to be at epidemic levels.
What part of speech is epidemic threshold?
Epidemic threshold is a noun.
What is the plural of epidemic threshold?
The plural of epidemic threshold is epidemic thresholds.

Words near epidemic threshold in the dictionary

  1. epidemic curve
  2. epidemic curves
  3. epidemic nephropathy
  4. epidemic polyarthritis
  5. epidemic roseola
  6. epidemic threshold
  7. epidemical
  8. epidemically
  9. epidemicalness
  10. epidemicities
  11. epidemicity

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