Widespread outbreak of disease (8)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">widespread outbreak of disease</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for epidemic that I've seen before include "Rash" , "Disease affecting many in a population at the same time" , "Citrus fruit" , "medical emergency" , "Plague" .)
(Other definitions for pandemic that I've seen before include "Occurring throughout the world, perhaps disease" , "Very widespread outbreak of a disease" , "major disaster" , "serious outbreak" , "Denim cap (anag.)" .)