Pandemic Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary (original) (raw)

pandemic

/pænˈdɛmɪk/

noun

plural

pandemics

pandemic

/pænˈdɛmɪk/

noun

plural

pandemics

Britannica Dictionary definition of PANDEMIC

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medical

:

an occurrence in which a disease spreads very quickly and affects a large number of people over a wide area or throughout the world

• The 1918 flu pandemic claimed millions of lives.
• the AIDS pandemic

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— pandemic

adjective

• a pandemic virus/disease
• pandemic malaria

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