different between pandemic vs enzootic

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /pæn?d?m?k/
• Rhymes: -?m?k
• Hyphenation: pan?dem?ic

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ???????? (pánd?mos, “of or belonging to all the people, public”) + English -ic (suffix forming adjectives from nouns with the sense ‘of or pertaining to’). ???????? is derived from ???- (pan-, prefix meaning ‘all, every’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh?- (“to protect, shepherd”)) + ????? (dêmos, “the common people; free citizens, sovereign people”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deh?- (“to divide, share”)). Compare Late Latin pand?mus (“affecting all the people, general, public”).

Adjective

pandemic (comparative more pandemic, superlative most pandemic)

1. (epidemiology) Of a disease: epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population; also, of or pertaining to a disease of this nature.

   Synonyms: (obsolete) pandemial, (obsolete) pandemical, panepidemic

   Antonym: nonpandemic
2. (usually derogatory) General, widespread.

   Synonyms: common, ubiquitous, universal; see also Thesaurus:widespread

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Noun

pandemic (plural pandemics)

1. (epidemiology) A pandemic disease; a disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population.

   Synonyms: (rare) pandemia; see also Thesaurus:pandemic

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• Black Death
• bubonic plague
• COVID-19 (coronavirus, Chinese virus, Wuhan virus)
• plague
• Spanish flu

Etymology 2

See Pandemic.

Adjective

pandemic (not comparable)

1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology, rare) Alternative letter-case form of Pandemic - Aphrodite Pandemos, the earthly aspect of the Greek goddess of beauty and love Aphrodite and her Roman counterpart Venus, as contrasted with the heavenly aspect known as Aphrodite Urania: earthly, physical, sensual.

References

Further reading

• pandemic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• pandemic (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Romanian

Etymology

From French pandémique

Adjective

pandemic m or n (feminine singular pandemic?, masculine plural pandemici, feminine and neuter plural pandemice)

1. pandemic

Declension

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n.zo???t.?k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?n.zo???t.?k/

Etymology

en- +? zootic

Noun

enzootic (plural enzootics)

1. (epidemiology) a disease which is consistently prevalent in a population of non-human animals in a limited region, season or climate.

Adjective

enzootic (comparative more enzootic, superlative most enzootic)

1. Like or having to do with an enzootic
2. Of a disease, prevalent in a given population or area

   Rabies is enzootic throughout North America.

Antonyms

• epizootic

Related terms

• epizootic
• panzootic
• zootic

See also

• pandemic
• epidemic
• endemic

Anagrams

• entozoic

Romanian

Etymology

From French enzootic.

Adjective

enzootic m or n (feminine singular enzootic?, masculine plural enzootici, feminine and neuter plural enzootice)

1. enzootic

Declension