pandemic

  • 11pandemic — n. an epidemic so widely spread that vast numbers of people in different countries are affected. The Black Death, the epidemic plague that ravaged Europe in the fourteenth century and killed over one third of the population, was a classical… …

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  • 12pandemic — UK [pænˈdemɪk] / US noun [countable] Word forms pandemic : singular pandemic plural pandemics medical a disease that affects almost everyone in a very large area • See: epidemic I Derived word: pandemic UK / US adjective …

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  • 13pandemic — I. adjective Etymology: Late Latin pandemus, from Greek pandēmos of all the people, from pan + dēmos people more at demagogue Date: 1666 occurring over a wide geographic area and affecting an exceptionally high proportion of the population <&#8230; …

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  • 14Pandemic — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Pandémie (Pandemic) est le 10e épisode de la Saison 12 de South Park de la série South park Pandemic est un film de Jason Connery sorti en 2009&#8230; …

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  • 15pandemic — 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&#8230; …

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  • 16pandemic — 1. adjective a) Widespread; general. World War I might have continued indefinitely if not for a pandemic outbreak of influenza. b) Epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population …

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  • 17pandemic — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun Pandemic is used after these nouns: ↑flu, ↑influenza {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} adj. Pandemic is used with these nouns: ↑flu …

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  • 18pandemic — pan|dem|ic [pænˈdemık] n [Date: 1600 1700; : Greek; Origin: pandemos, from pan ( PAN ) + demos people ] technical a disease that affects people over a very large area or the whole world →↑endemic, epidemic ↑epidemic ▪ the AIDS pandemic&#8230; …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 19pandemic — noun (C) technical an illness or disease that affects the population of a large area pandemic adjective compare endemic …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 20pandemic — adjective the disease is pandemic in Africa Syn: widespread, prevalent, pervasive, rife, rampant See note at epidemic …

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