Pandemic

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Adjective 1.1.1 Translations 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Related terms

English

Adjective

pandemic

1. Widespread; general
2. Epidemiology Epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population.

   World War I might have continued indefinitely if not for a pandemic outbreak of influenza.

Translations

• Swedish: pandemisk
• German: pandemisch (1,2)

Noun

pandemic

1. A pandemic disease

Translations

• Swedish: pandemi
• German: Pandemie f (1)
• French: pandémie f (1,2)

Related terms

• endemic
• epidemic
• epizootic
• enzootic
• plague
• Black Death

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