"virgin soil epidemic" meaning in All languages combined

See virgin soil epidemic on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: virgin soil epidemics [plural]
Etymology: Coined by Alfred W. Crosby. Head templates: {{en-noun}} virgin soil epidemic (plural virgin soil epidemics)
  1. An epidemic in which the populations at risk have had no previous contact with the disease and therefore have almost no immunological defence. Wikipedia link: Alfred W. Crosby
    Sense id: en-virgin_soil_epidemic-en-noun-xS4iBTCE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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