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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pan•dem•ic /pænˈdɛmɪk/USA pronunciation adj. - Pathology(of a disease) having spread among humans throughout an entire country or continent or the whole world.
n. [countable] - Pathologya pandemic disease.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pan•dem•ic (pan dem′ik),USA pronunciation adj. - Pathology(of a disease) prevalent throughout an entire country, continent, or the whole world; epidemic over a large area.
- general;
universal:pandemic fear of atomic war.
n. - Pathologya pandemic disease.
- Greek pándēmos common, public (pan- pan- + dêm(os) the people + -os adjective, adjectival suffix) + -ic
- Late Latin pandēm(us)
- 1660–70
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: pandemic /pænˈdɛmɪk/ adj - (of a disease) affecting persons over a wide geographical area; extensively epidemic
n - a pandemic disease
Etymology: 17th Century: from Late Latin pandēmus, from Greek pandēmos general, from pan- + demos the people |