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pan⋅dem⋅ic

  [pan-dem-ik]
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–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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pan·dem·ic   (pān-děm'ĭk)   
adj.  

  1. Widespread; general.

  2. Medicine Epidemic over a wide geographic area and affecting a large proportion of the population: pandemic influenza.

n.  A pandemic disease.

[From Late Latin pandēmus, from Greek pandēmos, of all the people : pan-, pan- + dēmos, people; see dā- in Indo-European roots.]
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Cultural Dictionary

pandemic

A widespread epidemic affecting a large part of the population.

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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Word Origin & History

pandemic  (adj.)
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 1pan·dem·ic
Pronunciation: pan-'dem-ik
Function: adjective
: occurring over a wide geographic area and affecting anexceptionally high proportion of the population <pandemic malaria>

Main Entry: 2pandemic
Function: noun
: a pandemic outbreak of a disease
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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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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