Pandemic

Grammar

This term is an adjetive.

Etimology of Pandemic

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1660s, from Late Latin pandemus, from Greek pandemos “pertaining to all people; public, common,” from pan- “all” (see pan-) + demos “people” (see demotic). Modeled on epidemic. The noun is first recorded 1853, from the adjective.

Concept of Pandemic

In relation to securing dangerous material (in case of crisis or terrorism) a meaning of pandemic may be outlined, in general regarding European law, as follows: An epidemic occurring over a very wide area (countries or continents) and usually affecting a large proportion of the population (human and/or animals).[1]

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Notes and References

1. Definition of pandemic published by the European Commission