What Is Pandemic? Definition And Usage Of This Term
WHAT IS PANDEMIC – In this topic, we will first know the definition of this term and how is this term used in sentences.
Definition
The Oxford Dictionary defines the term as the following:
- (of a disease) prevalent over a whole country or the world.
- an outbreak of a pandemic disease.
On the other hand, the Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines this term as the following:
- occurring over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affecting a significant proportion of the population
- characterized by very widespread growth or extent
- an outbreak of a disease that occurs over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affects a significant proportion of the population : a pandemic outbreak of a disease
- an outbreak or product of sudden rapid spread, growth, or development
The term is currently Merriam-Webster dictionary’s Word of the Year 2020.
VISIT: ‘Pandemic’ Is Merriam-Webster’s Word Of The Year 2020
Synonyms
Here are some of the following synonyms of this term
- widespread
- prevalent
- pervasive
- rife
- rampant
- epidemic
- universal
- global
Etymology
The term is derived from the Greek term “pan“, which means ‘all‘, and “demos“, which means ‘people‘.
Examples
Here are some of the examples:
- From all these it finally disappeared about 1680, at the close of a period of pandemic prevalence
- In short, if we regard the history of this disease as a whole, it appears to have lost such power from the time of the Great Plague of London in 1665, which was part of a pandemic wave, until the present day.
- And even in the East plague was confined to more or less clearly localized epidemics; it showed no power of pandemic diffusion.
- A flu pandemic occurred three times in the last century.
