An epidemic occurring worldwide, or over a very wide area, crossing international boundaries, and usually affecting a large number of people See also epidemic
an epidemic that is geographically widespread; occurring throughout a region or even throughout the world
A pandemic is an occurrence of a disease that affects many people over a very wide area. They feared a new cholera pandemic. a disease that affects people over a very large area or the whole world endemic, epidemic epidemic (pandemos, from pan- ( PAN-) + demos )
disease outbreak impacting a large geographical area and a large portion of the population
an epidemic that is geographically widespread; occurring throughout a region or even throughout the world existing everywhere; "pandemic fear of nuclear war"
An epidemic occurring over a very wide area (several countries or continents) and usually affecting a large proportion of the population
(Tıp, İlaç) An influenza pandemic is an epidemic of the influenza virus that spreads on a worldwide scale and infects s large proportion of the human population. In contrast to the regular seasonal epidemics of influenza, these pandemics occur irregularly, with the 1918 Spanish flu the most serious pandemic in recent history. Pandemics can cause high levels of mortality, with the Spanish influenza being responsible for the deaths of over 50 million people