Pandemia Definition | Definition of Pandemia at Dictionary.com

pan⋅dem⋅ic

[pan-dem-ik]

–adjective

1.	(of a disease) prevalent throughout an entire country, continent, or the whole world; epidemic over a large area.

2.	general; universal: pandemic fear of atomic war.

–noun

3.	a pandemic disease.

Origin:
1660–70; < LL pandēm(us) < Gk pándēmos common, public (pan- pan- + dêm(os) the people + -os adj. suffix) + -ic

Related forms:

pan⋅de⋅mi⋅a [pan-dee-mee-uh]

, noun

pan⋅de⋅mic⋅i⋅ty [pan-duh-mis-i-tee]

, noun

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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: pan·de·mia
Pronunciation: pan-'dE-mE-&
Function: noun
:

Main Entry: ²pandemic
Function: noun
: a pandemic outbreak of a disease

Medical Dictionary

pandemic pan·dem·ic (pān-děm'ĭk)
adj.
Epidemic over a wide geographic area. n.
A pandemic disease.

Science Dictionary

pandemic (pān-děm'ĭk) Pronunciation Key
An epidemic that spreads over a very wide area, such as an entire country or continent.

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