Spreads or distributes something widely to many people or places.
From Latin disseminare, from dis- (thoroughly) + seminare (to sow or plant). Originally meant to scatter seeds widely, then evolved to mean spreading any information or ideas.
When viruses 'disseminate,' they spread through populations the same way seeds spread through forests—both follow mathematical patterns that scientists can predict and study.
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