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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
pandemic
▪ I. pan·dem·ic BrE [pænˈdemɪk] NAmE [pænˈdemɪk] noun
a disease that spreads over a whole country or the whole world
Word Origin:
[pandemic] mid 17th cent.: from Greek pandēmos (from pan ‘all’ + dēmos ‘people’) + ↑-ic.
▪ II. pan·dem·ic adjective
•a pandemic disease
compare ↑endemic, ↑epidemic
Main entry: ↑pandemicderived
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