pandemic disease

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• pandemic — [pan dem′ik] adj. [< LL pandemus < Gr pandēmos < pan, all (see PAN ) + dēmos, the people: see DEMOCRACY] prevalent over a whole area, country, etc.; universal; general; specif., epidemic over a large region: said of a disease n. a… …   English World dictionary

• Pandemic — Pan*dem ic, a. [L. pandemus, Gr. ?, ?; pa^s, pa^n, all + ? the people: cf. F. pand[ e]mique.] Affecting a whole people or a number of countries; everywhere epidemic. n. A pandemic disease. Harvey. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• pandemic — 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… …   Universalium

• pandemic — 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 …   Wiktionary

• pandemic — A pandemic disease is one prevalent throughout a country, a continent, or the entire world. Pandemic suggests universal, widespread, and general : Fear of atomic warfare is pandemic. See also epidemic …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

• pandemic — pan•dem•ic [[t]pænˈdɛm ɪk[/t]] adj. 1) pat (of a disease) prevalent throughout an entire country, continent, or the whole world; epidemic over a large area 2) pat a pandemic disease • Etymology: 1660–70; < LL pandēm(us) (< Gk pándēmos… …   From formal English to slang

• pandemic — /pænˈdɛmɪk / (say pan demik) adjective 1. (of a disease) prevalent throughout an entire country or continent, or the whole world. 2. general; universal. –noun 3. a pandemic disease. {Greek pandēmos public, common + ic} …  

• pandemic — adj. & n. adj. (of a disease) prevalent over a whole country or the world. n. a pandemic disease. Etymology: Gk pandemos (as PAN , demos people) …   Useful english dictionary

• pandemic —   a. universal; affecting majority of people of an area; epidemic everywhere.    ♦ pandemia, n. pandemic disease …   Dictionary of difficult words

• Disease surveillance — is an epidemiological practice by which the spread of disease is monitored in order to establish patterns of progression. The main role of disease surveillance is to predict, observe, and minimize the harm caused by outbreak, epidemic, and… …   Wikipedia

• pandemic — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (of a disease) prevalent over a whole country or large part of the world. ► NOUN ▪ an outbreak of such a disease. ORIGIN from Greek pan all + d mos people …   English terms dictionary