Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Widespread; general.
- adjective Medicine Epidemic over a wide geographic area and affecting a large proportion of the population.
- noun A pandemic disease.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Incident to a whole people; epidemic: as, a pandemic disease.
- noun A pandemic disease.
- In phytogeography, growing throughout the world: cosmopolitan.
- Pertaining to all; human; hence, sensual; not spiritual.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Affecting a whole people or a number of countries; everywhere epidemic.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Widespread ;general . - adjective medicine
Epidemic over a widegeographical area andaffecting a largeproportion of thepopulation . - noun A pandemic
disease ; a disease that hits a wide geographical area and affects a large proportion of the population.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective epidemic over a wide geographical area
- noun an epidemic that is geographically widespread; occurring throughout a region or even throughout the world
- adjective existing everywhere
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The word pandemic comes from the Greek word pandemos, which literally translates to "pertaining to all people."
Avian Flu Diary 2008
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But, he added, "we want people to understand what the word pandemic really means."
NYT > Home Page By MICHAEL CIEPLY 2011
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The U.N. health agency went ahead anyway, arguing that the term pandemic signifies only that a new strain is circulating worldwide, but says nothing about how dangerous it is.
The Seattle Times 2010
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Health Organization's response to the swine flu outbreak and likely examine whether the term pandemic was appropriate
WN.com - Articles related to Air Seychelles staff donate to Haiti cause 2010
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A group of outside experts will scrutinize the World Health Organization's response to the swine flu outbreak and likely examine whether the term pandemic was appropriate for what has turned out to be a relatively mild disease, the World Health Organization said Monday.
The Seattle Times 2010
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The U.N. health agency went ahead anyway, arguing that the term pandemic signifies only that a new strain is circulating worldwide, but says nothing about how dangerous it is.
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Health Organization's response to the swine flu outbreak and likely examine whether the term pandemic was appropriate
WN.com - Articles related to Air Seychelles staff donate to Haiti cause 2010
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Health Organization's response to the swine flu outbreak and likely examine whether the term pandemic was appropriate
WN.com - Articles related to Air Seychelles staff donate to Haiti cause 2010
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The term pandemic has to do with the geographic spread of a disease and not with the severity.
Fore, right! 2010
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The U.N. health agency went ahead anyway, arguing that the term pandemic signifies only that a new strain is circulating worldwide, but says nothing about how dangerous it is.
Prolagus commented on the word pandemic
Blood disease of vegetarian Carnivores.
May 2, 2008
jwjarvis commented on the word pandemic
is an epidemic that spreads across a large region (for example a continent), or even worldwide.
October 25, 2010
bilby commented on the word pandemic
This was the first word I listed on this site. 2007.
September 12, 2021