PANDEMIC


Meaning of PANDEMIC in English

/ pænˈdemɪk; NAmE / noun

a disease that spreads over a whole country or the whole world

►  pan·dem·ic adjective :

a pandemic disease

—compare endemic , epidemic

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 17th cent.: from Greek pandēmos (from pan all + dēmos people) + -ic .

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