pandemic

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Adjective 1.1.1 Translations 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Related terms 1.2.3 Translations 1.2.4 See also

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pandemic (comparative more pandemic, superlative most pandemic)

1. Widespread; general.
2. (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.

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pandemic (plural pandemics)

1. A pandemic disease

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• See also Wikisaurus:pandemic

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• endemic
• epidemic

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• epizootic
• enzootic
• plague
• Black Death