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πανδημία — meaning in English

pandimia

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English meaning

  • pandemic adj Describing a disease that has spread across a wide geographic area, affecting a large part of the population.
  • pestilence noun A deadly, widespread disease; a plague.
  • plague noun A deadly, fast-spreading disease, especially historically the bubonic plague.

Senses

πανδημία is used for these senses in English:

  • pandemic (epidemiology) A pandemic disease; a disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population.
  • pestilence Any epidemic disease that is highly contagious, infectious, virulent and devastating.
  • plague (pathology) An epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence, but specifically by the above disease.

pandemic — full definition

  1. adj Describing a disease that has spread across a wide geographic area, affecting a large part of the population.
  2. noun An outbreak of a disease that spreads across countries or continents and affects a large number of people.

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