[ pan'dɛmɪk ]
■ adjective (of a disease) prevalent over a whole country or large part of the world.
■ noun an outbreak of such a disease.
Origin
C17: from Gk pandēmos (from pan 'all' + dēmos 'people') + -ic .
[ pan'dɛmɪk ]
■ adjective (of a disease) prevalent over a whole country or large part of the world.
■ noun an outbreak of such a disease.
Origin
C17: from Gk pandēmos (from pan 'all' + dēmos 'people') + -ic .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004