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The word pandemic comes from the Greek word pandemos, which literally translates to "pertaining to all people."
Avian Flu Diary 2008
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Pandemic, an adjective from the Greek pandemos, "of all the people," becomes a noun to mean "the outbreak of a disease spreading over a large geographic area," now construed as "worldwide."
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Pandemic, an adjective from the Greek pandemos, "of all the people," becomes a noun to mean "the outbreak of a disease spreading over a large geographic area," now construed as "worldwide."
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