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pandemic

noun
🔊/pænˈdemɪk/
🔊/pænˈdemɪk/
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  1. a disease that spreads over a whole country or the whole worldTopics Illnessc1
    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.

pandemic

adjective
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  1. (of a disease疾病) that spreads over a whole country or the whole world （全国或全球性）流行病；大流行病
    • a pandemic disease大范围流行的疾病
    compare endemic, epidemic (2)Topics Illnessc1