— pandemia /pan dee"mee euh/ , n. — pandemicity /pan'deuh mis"i tee/ , n.
/pan dem"ik/ , adj.
1. (of a disease) prevalent throughout an entire country, continent, or the whole world; epidemic over a large area.
2. general; universal: pandemic fear of atomic war.
n.
3. a pandemic disease.
[ 1660-70; pandem ( us ) pándemos common, public ( pan- PAN- + dêm ( os ) the people + -os adj. suffix) + -IC ]