Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
an epidemic that is geographically widespread;
occurring throughout a region or even throughout the world;
ADJECTIVE (2)
1.
epidemic over a wide geographical area;
- Example: "a pandemic outbreak of malaria"2.
existing everywhere;
- Example: "pandemic fear of nuclear war"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pandemic \Pan*dem"ic\, a. [L. pandemus, Gr. ?, ?; pa^s, pa^n,
all + ? the people: cf. F. pand['e]mique.]
Affecting a whole people or a number of countries; everywhere
epidemic. -- n. A pandemic disease. --Harvey.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
pandemic
adj 1: epidemic over a wide geographical area; "a pandemic
outbreak of malaria"
2: existing everywhere; "pandemic fear of nuclear war"
n 1: an epidemic that is geographically widespread; occurring
throughout a region or even throughout the world