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For a pandemic of moderate severity, this is one of our greatest challenges: helping people to understand when they do not need to worry, and when they do need to seek urgent care.
Margaret Chan

Meaning of "pandemic" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PANDEMIC

From Late Latin pandēmus, from Greek pandēmos general, from pan- + demos the people.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PANDEMIC

pandemic  [pænˈdɛmɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PANDEMIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pandemic can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PANDEMIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

pandemic

Pandemic

A pandemic is an epidemic of infectious disease that has spread through human populations across a large region; for instance multiple continents, or even worldwide. A widespread endemic disease that is stable in terms of how many people are getting sick from it is not a pandemic. Further, flu pandemics generally exclude recurrences of seasonal flu. Throughout history there have been a number of pandemics, such as smallpox and tuberculosis. More recent pandemics include the HIV pandemic as well as the 1918 and 2009 H1N1 pandemics.

Definition of pandemic in the English dictionary

The definition of pandemic in the dictionary is affecting persons over a wide geographical area; extensively epidemic. Other definition of pandemic is a pandemic disease.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PANDEMIC


academic
ˌækəˈdɛmɪk
alchemic
ælˈkɛmɪk
anthemic
ænˈθɛmɪk
biochemic
ˌbaɪəʊˈkɛmɪk
chernozemic
ˌtʃɜːnəʊˈzɛmɪk
ecdemic
ɛkˈdɛmɪk
emic
ˈɛmɪk
endemic
ɛnˈdɛmɪk
epidemic
ˌɛpɪˈdɛmɪk
hyperendemic
ˌhaɪpərɛnˈdɛmɪk
ischaemic
ɪˈskɛmɪk
ischemic
ɪˈskɛmɪk
myxoedemic
ˌmɪksɪˈdɛmɪk
nonacademic
ˌnɒnækəˈdɛmɪk
polemic
pəˈlɛmɪk
polydemic
ˌpɒlɪˈdɛmɪk
postischemic
ˌpəʊstɪˈskɛmɪk
sachemic
seɪˈtʃɛmɪk
systemic
sɪˈstɛmɪk
theoremic
ˌθɪəˈrɛmɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PANDEMIC

pandanus
Pandarus
pandation
Pandean
pandect
pandectist
Pandects of Justinian
pandemia
pandemian
pandemoniac
pandemoniacal
pandemonian
pandemonium
pander
panderer
panderess
panderism
panderly
pandermite
panderous

WORDS THAT END LIKE PANDEMIC

anemic
antiacademic
demic
epistemic
glycaemic
glycemic
hemic
hyperglycemic
hypoglycaemic
hypoglycemic
interepidemic
interpandemic
leukemic
mnemic
myxedemic
phonemic
racemic
totemic
unacademic
uremic

Synonyms and antonyms of pandemic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pandemic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PANDEMIC

Find out the translation of pandemic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pandemic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pandemic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

流感大流行
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pandemia
570 millions of speakers

English

pandemic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

महामारी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

باء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пандемия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pandemia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পৃথিবীব্যাপি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pandémie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pandemik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Pandemie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

世界的流行病
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

유행성
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pandemi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đại dịch
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தொற்று
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सर्व देशभर (किंवा खंडभर) असलेला
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yaygın
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pandemia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pandemia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пандемія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pandemie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πανδημία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pandemie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pandemi
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pandemi
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pandemic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PANDEMIC»

The term «pandemic» is quite widely used and occupies the 33.149 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PANDEMIC» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pandemic» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pandemic» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pandemic

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10 QUOTES WITH «PANDEMIC»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word pandemic.
1
Gro Harlem Brundtland
That the AIDS pandemic is threatening sustainable development in Africa only reinforces the reality that health is at the center of sustainable development.
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Margaret Chan
For a pandemic of moderate severity, this is one of our greatest challenges: helping people to understand when they do not need to worry, and when they do need to seek urgent care.
3
Margaret Chan
Pandemic influenza is by nature an international issue; it requires an international solution.
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Margaret Chan
Based on assessment of all available information and following several expert consultations, I have decided to raise the current level of influenza pandemic alert from phase 4 to phase 5.
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Margaret Chan
After all it really is all of humanity that is under threat during a pandemic.
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Margaret Chan
All countries should immediately now activate their pandemic preparedness plans. Countries should remain on high alert for unusual outbreaks of influenza-like illness and severe pneumonia.
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Margaret Chan
For the first time in history we can track the evolution of a pandemic in real time. Influenza viruses are notorious for their rapid mutation and unpredictable behaviour.
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Anthony Fauci
A pandemic influenza would mean widespread infection essentially throughout every region of the world.
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Anthony Fauci
Even the pandemic flu of 1918 only killed one to two percent of the people who were infected.
10
Anthony Fauci
When we can get the incidence of HIV down enough to turn the trajectory of the pandemic, it will assume a momentum of its own in diminishing HIV.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PANDEMIC»

Discover the use of pandemic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pandemic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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America's Forgotten Pandemic: The Influenza of 1918
Tracing the influenza pandemic of 1918-1919 that claimed over 25 million lives worldwide.
Alfred W. Crosby, 2003
2
History of AIDS: Emergence and Origin of a Modern Pandemic
By drawing on the latest discoveries in virology, microbiology, and immunology, Mirko Grmek depicts the AIDS epidemic not as an isolated incident but as part of the long, but far from peaceful, coexistence of humans and viruses.
Mirko D. Grmek, 1993
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Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918
The fascinating, true story of the world's deadliest disease. In 1918, the Great Flu Epidemic felled the young and healthy virtually overnight. An estimated forty million people died as the epidemic raged.
Gina Kolata, 2011
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Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
In a journey that takes him from southern China to the Congo, from Bangladesh to Australia, David Quammen tracks these infections to their source and asks what we can do to prevent some new pandemic spreading across the face of the earth.
David Quammen, 2012
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Global Lessons from the AIDS Pandemic: Economic, Financial, ...
This book examines the global HIV/AIDS pandemic from a multidisciplinary perspective, analyzing its economic impact, the reasons behind the political response to the pandemic, international laws relating to public health and patents and ...
Bradly J. Condon, Tapen Sinha, 2008
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Pandemic Influenza: Emergency Planning and Community ...
This critically acclaimed work provides public health officials, doctors, responders, and emergency planners with accurate current information that will help them understand the nature of an outbreak, assess risk, answer public concerns, ...
Jeffrey R. Ryan, 2008
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Pandemic
Dr. Noah Haldane, of the World Health Organization, knows that humanity is overdue for a new killer flu, like the great influenza pandemic of 1919 that killed more than twenty million people in less than four months.
Daniel Kalla, 2007
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Pandemic Influenza
Rev. ed. of: Introduction to pandemic influenza. c2010.
Jonathan Van-Tam, Chloe Sellwood, 2013
9
The Viral Storm: The Dawn of a New Pandemic Age
In The Viral Storm, award-winning biologist Nathan Wolfe tells the story of how viruses and human beings have evolved side by side through history; how deadly viruses like HIV, swine flu, and bird flu almost wiped us out in the past; and ...
Nathan Wolfe, 2011
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Pandemic Planning
This evidence-based book guides plan development and provides solutions to common strategic, ethical, and practical challenges to pandemic preparedness.
J. Eric Dietz, David R. Black, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PANDEMIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pandemic is used in the context of the following news items.
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Bay City at 150: Rise of shipbuilding, WWI, influenza pandemic
Editor's Note: The City of Bay City is celebrating its 150th anniversary — or sesquicentennial — this year. Local historian and former Bay City ... «MLive.com, Jul 15»
2
Consumers, economy better off after reform: Frank
... problem posed by what regulators now consider "systemically important" institutions whose failure might trigger another financial pandemic. «CNBC, Jul 15»
3
Hundreds protest police brutality at Newark rally
... a series of fiery speeches, called for an end to what he called the police violation of constitutional rights and "the pandemic of police brutality.". «NJ.com, Jul 15»
4
FACT SHEET: Advancing Democracy, Human Rights, Gender …
The United States response to global HIV/AIDS is saving lives and changing the very course of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. PEPFAR and private ... «Whitehouse.gov, Jul 15»
5
New albums: Jill Scott; Wilco; Public Enemy; Alan Jackson
... anybody that can listen, come listen," and advises against aimless, dangerous liaisons, a "pandemic" of disappointment and pregnancy. «Philly.com, Jul 15»
6
In a high-tech world, board games can still draw a crowd
“Our favorite is Pandemic,” said Marisa Means of Kansas City, attending the convention with her daughter. “You're trying to save the world from ... «Kansas City Star, Jul 15»
7
UW-Madison student, a Peace Corps alum, inspires his parents to …
... when the corps asked them to consider an assignment in a country with challenging living conditions, such as extreme poverty or a pandemic ... «Madison.com, Jul 15»
8
Adjuvants Could Boost Value of Influenza Vaccine in Pandemic
"Making an effective vaccine against novel pandemic influenza strains is complicated by the lack of immunogenicity of some of the pandemic ... «Medscape, Jul 15»
9
S. Korea, WHO experts downplay pandemic potential of MERS
The South Korean authorities's failure to share info shortly with the general public and set up an environment friendly illness-management ... «The Bell Jar, Jul 15»
10
US, UK Public Do Not Think World Is Ready for Another Global …
The World Bank has previously said an outbreak like a severe flu pandemic could cost the global economy up to $3 trillion, while a model ... «Newsweek, Jul 15»

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