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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Distributed over a considerable extent
Example:
widespread nuclear fallout
Synonyms:
far-flung; widespread
Classified under:
Similar:
distributed (spread out or scattered about or divided up)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Widely circulated or diffused
Example:
widespread fear of nuclear war
Classified under:
Similar:
general (applying to all or most members of a category or group)
Context examples:
It can also occur in just one area, or it can be widespread.
(Paralysis, NIH)
It was a new experience to him, the silence and darkness of his widespread house, for his family and household had been a large one.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a DNA virus that is widespread in the population but usually causes disease only in immunocompromised individuals and is also a viral cause of birth defects.
(Human Cytomegalovirus Infection Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
The viruses have a widespread distribution and include both exogenous (vertical and horizontal transmission) and endogenous viruses of chickens and some other birds.
(Alpharetrovirus, NCI Thesaurus)
In the central nervous and gastrointestinal systems, this agent exhibits widespread effects including analgesia, anxiolysis, euphoria, sedation, respiratory depression, and gastrointestinal system smooth muscle contraction.
(Morphine, NCI Thesaurus)
I would say the hematogenous widespread dissemination of tuberculosis in the body.
(Miliary Tuberculosis, NCI Thesaurus)
In the central nervous and gastrointestinal systems, this agent has widespread effects including analgesia, anxiolysis, euphoria, sedation, respiratory depression, and gastrointestinal system smooth muscle contraction.
(Morphine sulfate, NCI Thesaurus)
They conclude that despite widespread decreases in glucose metabolism in heavy drinkers compared to light drinkers, heavy drinking shifts the brain toward less efficient energetic states.
(Study of brain energy patterns provides new insights into alcohol effects, National Institutes of Health)
Chromogranins are acidic secretory glycoproteins with a widespread but specific distribution in neuroendocrine tissues.
(Chromogranin, NCI Thesaurus)
However, in the absence of other similar features, Ina was not considered an indication of widespread volcanism.
(Evidence for Young Lunar Volcanism, NASA)
