Pandemic Definition

păn-dĕmĭk
pandemics
adjective
Widespread; general.
American Heritage Medicine
Prevalent over a whole area, country, etc.; universal; general; specif., epidemic over a large region.
Webster's New World
noun
A pandemic disease or outbreak.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Pandemic

Noun

Singular:
pandemic
Plural:
pandemics

Origin of Pandemic

  • From Late Latin pandÄ“mus (“affecting all the people, public, general"), from Ancient Greek πᾶν (pan, “all") (equivalent to English pan-) + δῆμος (dÄ“mos, “the people").

    From Wiktionary

  • From Late Latin pandēmus from Greek pandēmos of all the people pan- pan- dēmos people dā- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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