pan‧dem‧ic /pænˈdemɪk/
noun [countable][
Date: 1600-1700;
Language: Greek;
Origin: pandemos, from pan- ( ⇒ pan-) + demos 'people']
technical a disease that affects people over a very large area or the whole world ⇒
endemic,
epidemic:
the AIDS pandemic—pandemic adjective [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲