pandemic
/pænˈdɛmɪk/
Dictionary
noun
- A pandemic disease; a disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population.
Synonyms:pandemia
adjective
- Of a disease: epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population; also, of or pertaining to a disease of this nature.
"World War I might have continued indefinitely if not for a pandemic outbreak of influenza."
- (usually derogatory) General, widespread.
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