pandemic
noun/pænˈdemɪk/
/pænˈdemɪk/
- a disease that spreads over a whole country or the whole world
- the coronavirus pandemic
Oxford Collocations DictionaryPandemic is used after these nouns:- flu
- influenza
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Greek pandēmos (from pan ‘all’ + dēmos ‘people’) + -ic.Definitions on the go
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