pandemic
adjective
medicalspecializeduk/pænˈdem.ɪk/us/pænˈdem.ɪk/(of adisease)existinginalmostall of anareaor inalmostall of agroupofpeople,animals, orplants:
(疾病)大规模流行的,广泛蔓延的In somepartsof theworldmalariais still pandemic.在世界上一些地区疟疾仍在大规模流行。
Areporton pandemicflureleasedlastyearsaid "thepotentialforcatastropheisimmense."
- Expertsestimatedpandemicinfluenzamightkillbetween 89,000 and 207,000peoplein theUnitedStates.
- The WHO "Pandemic Control Room" isdesignedtomapandtrackthespreadof a pandemicvirus.
- Theyprayedfor an end to pandemicdiseasethroughouttheworld.
Disease & illness - general words
- acute
- aggressiveness
- autoimmune disease
- bilharzia
- bluetongue
- calculus
- CFS
- hypochondriac
- iatrogenic
- ill health
- impairment
- incurably
- outbreak
- pathology
- pathway
- terminally
- uncomplicated
- variant
- worried well
- zoonosis
pandemic
noun[C]
medicalspecializeduk/pænˈdem.ɪk/us/pænˈdem.ɪk/adiseasethatexistsinalmostall of anareaor inalmostall of agroupofpeople,animalsorplants:
The COVID-19 pandemicspreadto theUnitedKingdom in lateJanuary2020.
aninfluenzapandemic流感大爆发
- The 1918flupandemiccauseddeathanddevastationon anunimaginablescale.
- Leading researchersbelievedahumanpandemic was not onlyinevitablebutoverdue.
- TheAIDSpandemicravagedcountriesin sub-SaharanAfrica.
Disease & illness - general words
- acute
- aggressiveness
- autoimmune disease
- bilharzia
- bluetongue
- calculus
- CFS
- hypochondriac
- iatrogenic
- ill health
- impairment
- incurably
- outbreak
- pathology
- pathway
- terminally
- uncomplicated
- variant
- worried well
- zoonosis