Post by SOL Owner on Nov 24, 2013 15:22:56 GMT -6
pan·dem·ic
[pan-dem-ik] Show IPA
adjective
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.
noun
3.
a pandemic disease.
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Origin:
1660–70; < Late Latin pandem ( us ) < Greek pándemos common, public ( pan- pan- + dêm ( os ) the people + -os adj. suffix
— adj
1.
(of a disease) affecting persons over a wide geographical area; extensively epidemic
— n
2.
a pandemic disease
[C17: from Late Latin pandemus, from Greek pandemos general, from pan- + demos the people]
[pan-dem-ik] Show IPA
adjective
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.
noun
3.
a pandemic disease.
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Origin:
1660–70; < Late Latin pandem ( us ) < Greek pándemos common, public ( pan- pan- + dêm ( os ) the people + -os adj. suffix
— adj
1.
(of a disease) affecting persons over a wide geographical area; extensively epidemic
— n
2.
a pandemic disease
[C17: from Late Latin pandemus, from Greek pandemos general, from pan- + demos the people]