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Definition of pandemic - 9 dictionary results

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


pan⋅de⋅mi⋅a [pan-dee-mee-uh] , noun
pan⋅de⋅mic⋅i⋅ty [pan-duh-mis-i-tee] , noun
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.]

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.

pandemic

A widespread epidemic affecting a large part of the population.


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.

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

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

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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