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:
pandemicsOrigin 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
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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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