Home › Words › S › subepidemicsubepidemicsubepidemic · adj — less than epidemic.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, subepidemic ranks #16,998 of 43,042 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom sub- + epidemic.adjLess than epidemic.nounAn epidemic (increased occurrence of a disease in population) making up part of a larger epidemic.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).