pandemic
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Late Latin pandemus, from Ancient Greek πάν (“all”) (equivalent to English pan-)+ δῆμος (“the people”)
Pronunciation [edit]
- Rhymes: -ɛmɪk
Adjective [edit]
pandemic (comparative more pandemic, superlative most pandemic)
- Widespread; general.
- (medicine) 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.
Translations [edit]
epidemic
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Noun [edit]
pandemic (plural pandemics)
- A pandemic disease; a disease that hits a wide geographical area and affects a large proportion of the population.
- 2013 January 1, Katie L. Burke, “Ecological Dependency”, American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, page 64:
- In his first book since the 2008 essay collection Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature, David Quammen looks at the natural world from yet another angle: the search for the next human pandemic, what epidemiologists call “the next big one.”
- 2013 January 1, Katie L. Burke, “Ecological Dependency”, American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, page 64:
Synonyms [edit]
- See also Wikisaurus:pandemic
Related terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
pandemic disease
