Definition of pandemic Pandemic

/pændɛˈmɪk/ - [pandemik] - pan•dem•ic

We found 13 definitions of pandemic from 7 different sources.

What does pandemic mean?

Noun Plural: pandemics
pandemic - an epidemic that is geographically widespread; occurring throughout a region or even throughout the world
		epidemic a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time
Adjective
pandemic - epidemic over a wide geographical area; "a pandemic outbreak of malaria"
		epidemic (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously; "an epidemic outbreak of influenza"
pandemic - existing everywhere; "pandemic fear of nuclear war"

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pandemic (Noun)
A pandemic disease; a disease that hits a wide geographical area and affects a large proportion of the population.
pandemic (Adjective)
Widespread; general.
pandemic (Adjective)
Epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population.

pandemic (a.)
Affecting a whole people or a number of countries; everywhere epidemic.
pandemic (n.)
A pandemic disease.

pandemic
An epidemic over a wide geographical area (several countries, continents or worldwide) and affecting a large proportion of the population.
pandemic
(Of a disease) occurring over a wide geographic area and affecting a large proportion of the population.

pandemic
pan-dem′ik, adj. incident to a whole people, epidemic.—n. a pandemic disease.—n. Pandem′ia, a widespread disease. [Gr. pandēmios—pas, pan, all, dēmos, the people.]

A pandemic (from Greek παν "pan" all + δήμος "demos" people) is an epidemic (an outbreak of an infectious disease) that spreads across a large region (for example a continent), or even worldwide.

Common killers and pandemics.

A disease or condition is not a pandemic merely because it is widespread or kills many people; it must also be infectious. For example cancer is responsible for many deaths but is not considered a pandemic because the disease is not infectious (although certain causes of some types of cancer might be).