pandemic
/pænˈdɛmɪk/
noun
- 1
A pandemic disease; a disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population.
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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.
“World War I might have continued indefinitely if not for a pandemic outbreak of influenza.”
- 2
(usually derogatory) General, widespread.
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adjective
- 1
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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