PANDEMIC


Meaning of PANDEMIC in English

I. pan-ˈde-mik adjective

Etymology: Late Latin pandemus, from Greek pandēmos of all the people, from pan- + dēmos people — more at demagogue

Date: 1666

: occurring over a wide geographic area and affecting an exceptionally high proportion of the population

pandemic malaria

II. noun

Date: circa 1853

: a pandemic outbreak of a disease

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.