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Rarepandemic
The correct spelling is pandemic.
How to pronounce pandemic
/pænˈdɛmɪk/
nounIPA: /pænˈdɛmɪk/
Say it like: Pan-dem-ic
The correct spelling is pandemic. A pandemic disease; a disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population. For example: "World War I might have continued indefinitely if not for a pandemic outbreak of influenza."
Usage Examples
“World War I might have continued indefinitely if not for a pandemic outbreak of influenza.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A pandemic disease; a disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population.
adjective
- 1.Of a disease: epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population; also, of or pertaining to a disease of this nature.
- 2.(usually derogatory) General, widespread.
- 3.Of Aphrodite Pandemos, the earthly aspect of the Greek goddess of beauty and love Aphrodite and her Roman counterpart Venus, as contrasted with the heavenly aspect known as Aphrodite Urania: earthly, physical, sensual.
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