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pandemic

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) pandemic (adjective)
  2. 2) pandemic (noun)

1pan·dem·ic

adj \pan-ˈde-mik\

Definition of PANDEMIC

: occurring over a wide geographic area and affecting an exceptionally high proportion of the population <pandemic malaria>
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Origin of PANDEMIC

Late Latin pandemus, from Greek pandēmos of all the people, from pan- + dēmos people — more at demagogue
First Known Use: 1666

Other Medicine Terms

analgesia, angina, diabetes, hepatitis, homeopathy, logorrhea, palliate, pandemic

Rhymes with PANDEMIC

endemic, polemic, sachemic, systemic, totemic

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