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pandemic

[pan-dem-ik]

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adjective

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

general; universal: pandemic fear of atomic war.

noun

a pandemic disease.

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Origin:
1660–70; < Late Latin pandēm(us) < Greek 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

in·ter·pan·dem·ic, adjective

Can be confused: endemic, epidemic, pandemic.

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This could be the beginning of an influenza pandemic.

He is working to stop the next global pandemic before it starts.

Top virologists have been appearing in Washington in recent weeks to sound the alarm about pandemic flu.

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World English Dictionary

pandemic (pænˈdɛmɪk)

—*adj*
1.	(of a disease) affecting persons over a wide geographical area; extensively epidemic

—n
2.	a pandemic disease

[C17: from Late Latin pandēmus, from Greek pandēmos general, from pan- + demos the people]

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Word Origin & History

pandemic

1666, from Gk. pandemos "pertaining to all people," from pan- "all" + demos "people" (see demotic). Modeled on epidemic. The noun is first recorded 1853, from the adj.

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Medical Dictionary

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

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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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