pandemic

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The word pandemic comes from the Greek word pandemos, which literally translates to

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  1. adjective Widespread; general.
  2. adjective Medicine Epidemic over a wide geographic area and affecting a large proportion of the population: pandemic influenza.
  3. noun A pandemic disease.

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  • It's a reasonable scenario, actually—the elements for a pandemic are all in place—but the prescience of these contemporary John Carpenters and George Millers is somewhat muted for me by the furnishings of their films. —  FSF,August2008
  • The severity of the pandemic will be a major factor of course. —  Avian Flu Diary
  • Knowledge on influenza pandemic is the most important topic (44. 3\%), followed by best practices (13. 4\%) and personal experiences (8. 1\%). —  Flu Wiki Forum - Front Page
  • The great influenza pandemic was the most destructive pandemic in recorded world history, and killed more people (estimated between 20 to 50 million) than all casualties resulting from the first World War. —  MyLinkVault Newest Links
  • The word pandemic comes from the Greek word pandemos, which literally translates to —  Canadian Transportation & Logistics - Headline News
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. From Late Latin pandēmus, from Greek pandēmos, of all the people : pan-, pan- + dēmos, people; see dā- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French pandémique = Portuguese Italian pandemico, from Latin as if *pandemicus, from Late Latin pandemus, from Greek πάνδημος, public, belonging to the whole people, from πᾶς (παν-), all, + δῆμος, people, country: see deme.
 

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