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epidemic over a wide geographical area; "a pandemic outbreak of malaria" existing everywhere; "pandemic fear of nuclear war" an epidemic that is geographically widespread; occurring throughout a region or even throughout the world
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A widespread epidemic that affects a large geographic area, such as a continent.
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Involves much of the world. Surviors are left with defenses against reinfection and the pandemic eventually becomes an [endemic] (bubonic plague, AIDS).
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A disease prevalent throughout an extensive region, country, or continent, or throughout the world. See Epidemic.
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An epidemic that strikes a very wide area, usually hemisphere-wide or world-wide. It can last for several or more years. Influenza (the flu) can be pandemic, since it has the ability to rapidly spread around the entire world.
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