pandemic

UK
/pænˈdɛmɪk/
US
/pænˈdɛmɪk/

Translations

pandemicnoun
pandemics
pl
pandemicadjective
UK
/pænˈdɛmɪk/
US
/pænˈdɛmɪk/

Definitions

pandemicnoun
A disease that exists in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals or plants
What can be done to prevent a bird flu pandemic?
pandemicadjective
Occurring over a wide geographic area and affecting an exceptionally high proportion of the population.
In some parts of the world malaria is still pandemic.