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Pronunciation / Transliteration: vaishvik mahamari
"इस वैश्विक महामारी ने पूरी दुनिया को प्रभावित किया है।"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
An outbreak of a disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects an exceptionally high proportion of the population, typically spanning multiple countries or continents.
"The global response to the recent pandemic involved unprecedented international scientific cooperation."
- 1
Of a disease; prevalent over a whole country or the world.
"Health authorities implemented strict quarantine measures to control the pandemic spread of the virus."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Greek words 'pan-' meaning 'all' and 'demos' meaning 'people'. First appearing in English in the mid-17th century, the term originally referred to anything common to a whole people before evolving specifically in medical contexts to describe an outbreak of a disease across a whole country or the world.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Pandemic" is said worldwide
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pandémie
Transliteration: pã.de.mi
"Cette pandémie a profondément changé nos modes de vie."
Pandemie
Transliteration: pandiˈmiː
"Die Pandemie stellte das Gesundheitssystem vor große Herausforderungen."
pandemia
Transliteration: pan.deˈmi.a
"La pandemia ha colpito l'economia globale."
pandemia
Transliteration: panˈdemia
"Los científicos trabajan para prevenir otra pandemia."
pandemia
Transliteration: pãˈdẽ.mi.ɐ
"A pandemia exigiu novas formas de trabalho remoto."
वैश्विक महामारी
Transliteration: vaishvik mahamari
"इस वैश्विक महामारी ने पूरी दुनिया को प्रभावित किया है।"
大流行病
Transliteration: dà liú xíng bìng
"这场大流行病改变了全球卫生格局。"
팬데믹
Transliteration: paen-de-mik
"팬데믹으로 인해 많은 사회적 변화가 일어났다."
パンデミック
Transliteration: pandemikku
"世界保健機関がパンデミックを宣言した。"
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