pandemic
- (of a disease) prevalent throughout an entire country, continent, or the whole world; epidemic over a large area.
- general; universal: pandemic fear of atomic war.
- a pandemic disease.
Origin of pandemic
Related Words for pandemic
catholic, cosmopolitan, empyrean, generic, comprehensive, general, regular, common, broad, sweeping, total, whole, accepted, all, all-inclusive, astronomical, celestial, cosmic, customary, diffuseExamples from the Web for pandemic
Contemporary Examples of pandemic
The Ebola pandemic in West Africa is having a disastrous effect on tourism on the whole continent.
If there is a pandemic to be actually worried about, it's the pandemic of fear as we approach the midterm elections.
“There are sexy issues tied to this pandemic,” she says unapologetically.
Once you start to look at this pandemic there's no way you would ever turn your back.
In 2009 nearly all influenza cases were caused by the pandemic H1N1 virus, driving the previously dominant H3N2 underground.
Historical Examples of pandemic
Uranian Aphrodite was distinguished from her Pandemic sister by chastened lust-repelling loveliness.
Sketches and Studies in Italy and GreeceJohn Addington Symonds
Pandemic, pan-dem′ik, adj. incident to a whole people, epidemic.
The disease is nearly always epidemic, though at intervals it appears to be pandemic and in certain districts almost endemic.
The evidence that the great epidemics of influenza are due to some general and pandemic influence is conclusive.
pandemic
- (of a disease) affecting persons over a wide geographical area; extensively epidemic
- a pandemic disease
Word Origin for pandemic
Word Origin and History for pandemic
pandemic
(păn-dĕm′ĭk)- Epidemic over a wide geographic area.
- A pandemic disease.
pandemic
- An epidemic that spreads over a very wide area, such as an entire country or continent.
pandemic
A widespread epidemic affecting a large part of the population.