| 释义 |
pandemic
—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; < LL pandem(us) < Gk pándemos common, public (pan- PAN- + dêm(os) the people + -os adj. suffix) + -IC] |