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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. |
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| pan·dem·ic (pān-děm'ĭk) adj.
[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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Pandemic
Pan*dem"ic\, a. [L. pandemus, Gr. ?, ?; ?, ?, all + ? the people: cf. F. pand['e]mique.] Affecting a whole people or a number of countries; everywhere epidemic. -- n. A pandemic disease. --Harvey.
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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
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pandemic pan·dem·ic (pān-děm'ĭk)
adj.
Epidemic over a wide geographic area. n.
A pandemic disease.
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| 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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