PANDEMIC


Meaning of PANDEMIC in English

[pan.dem.ic] adj [LL pandemus, fr. Gk pandemos of all the people, fr. pan- + demos people--more at demagogue] (1666): occurring over a wide geographic area and affecting an exceptionally high proportion of the population "~ malaria"

[2]pandemic n (ca. 1853): a pandemic outbreak of a disease

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