adjective (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.
Origin of pandemic 1660–70; <
Late Latin pandēm(us ) <
Greek pándēmos common, public (
pan- pan- +
dêm(os ) the people +
-os adj. suffix) +
-ic Related forms pan·de·mi·a [pan-dee -mee-uh ] /pænˈdi mi ə/ noun pan·de·mic·i·ty [pan-duh -mis -i-tee] /ˌpæn dəˈmɪs ɪ ti/ noun in·ter·pan·dem·ic , adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged
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diffuse Examples 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.
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.
British Dictionary definitions for pandemic adjective (of a disease) affecting persons over a wide geographical area; extensively epidemic
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Word Origin for pandemic C17: from Late Latin pandēmus, from Greek pandēmos general, from pan- + demos the people
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Word Origin and History for pandemic adj. 1660s, from Late Latin pandemus , from Greek pandemos "pertaining to all people; public, common," from pan- "all" (see pan- ) + demos "people" (see demotic ). Modeled on epidemic . The noun is first recorded 1853, from the adjective.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
adj. Epidemic over a wide geographic area.
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The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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An epidemic that spreads over a very wide area, such as an entire country or continent.
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The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
A widespread epidemic affecting a large part of the population.
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The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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