Pandemic - p ae n d eh m ih k
An outbreak of a disease of many countries
The Covid pandemic spread exceedingly fast
Definition adjective
(of a disease) prevalent throughout an entire country, continent, or the whole world; epidemic over a large area.
noun
a disease prevalent throughout an entire country, continent, or the whole world.
Synonyms for pandemic on Thesaurus.com
broad, catholic, common, comprehensive, cosmopolitan, empyrean, general, generic, regular, sweeping, total, whole
Dictionary Entries near pandemic
Pandean, Pandean pipes, pandect, Pandects of Justinian, pandemic, pandemonium, pander, pandering, P and H, pandiculation
First known use
First recorded in 1660–70; from Late Latin pandēm(us), from Greek pándēmos “common, public” (pan- “all” + dêm(os) “the people” + -os adjective suffix) + -ic;see pan-
