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Definition of pandemic noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

pandemic

noun
 
/pænˈdemɪk/
 
/pænˈdemɪk/
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  1. a disease that spreads over a whole country or the whole world
    • the coronavirus pandemic
    Topics Health problemsb2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryPandemic is used after these nouns:
    • flu
    • influenza
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    Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Greek pandēmos (from pan ‘all’ + dēmos ‘people’) + -ic.
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