pandemic

pan·dem·ic  (pn-dmk)

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.

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[From Late Latin pandmus, from Greek pandmos, of all the people : pan-, pan- + dmos, people; see d- in Indo-European roots.]

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pandemic [pænˈdɛmɪk]

adj

(Medicine / Pathology) (of a disease) affecting persons over a wide geographical area; extensively epidemic

n

(Medicine / Pathology) a pandemic disease

[from Late Latin pandēmus, from Greek pandēmos general, from pan- + demos the people]

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pandemic  (pn-dmk)

An epidemic that spreads over a very wide area, such as an entire country or continent.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pandemic - an epidemic that is geographically widespread; occurring throughout a region or even throughout the world epidemic - a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time
Adj.	1.	pandemic - epidemic over a wide geographical area; "a pandemic outbreak of malaria" epidemic - (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously; "an epidemic outbreak of influenza"
	2.	pandemic - existing everywhere; "pandemic fear of nuclear war" general - applying to all or most members of a category or group; "the general public"; "general assistance"; "a general rule"; "in general terms"; "comprehensible to the general reader"

Translations

pandemic [pænˈdemɪk]

A. ADJ → pandémico

B. N → pandemia f

pandemic [pænˈdɛmɪk] n [disease] → pandémie f

pandemic

n → Pandemie f (geh)

adj → pandemisch; pandemic disease → Seuche f

pandemic [pænˈdɛmɪk]

1. n (frm) (Med) → pandemia

2. adj (Med) → pandemico/a