Definitions for pandemicpænˈdɛm ɪk
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
pan•dem•icpænˈdɛm ɪk(adj.)
(of a disease) prevalent throughout an entire country, continent, or the whole world; epidemic over a large area.
Category: Pathology
(n.)a pandemic disease.
Category: Pathology
Origin of pandemic:
1660–70; < LL pandēm(us) (< Gk pándēmos common, public =pan-pan - +-démos, adj. der. of démos people) + -ic
Princeton's WordNet
pandemic(adj)
an epidemic that is geographically widespread; occurring throughout a region or even throughout the world
pandemic(adj)
epidemic over a wide geographical area
"a pandemic outbreak of malaria"
pandemic(adj)
existing everywhere
"pandemic fear of nuclear war"
Wiktionary
pandemic(Noun)
A pandemic disease; a disease that hits a wide geographical area and affects a large proportion of the population.
pandemic(Adjective)
Widespread; general.
pandemic(Adjective)
Epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population.
World War I might have continued indefinitely if not for a pandemic outbreak of influenza.
Origin: pandemus, from πάν (equivalent to English pan-)Category:English words prefixed with pan-+ δῆμος
Webster Dictionary
Pandemic(adj)
affecting a whole people or a number of countries; everywhere epidemic
Pandemic(noun)
a pandemic disease
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