pandemic
പാൻഡെമിക്
definition
noun
Two highly contagious enteroviruses are known to cause epidemics and pandemics of acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis.
an outbreak of a pandemic disease.
adjective
Most topical is the risk of pandemic influenza, which seems to be the highest in three decades.
(of a disease) prevalent over a whole country or the world.
example
In the case of the avian flu 'pandemic' threat, millions of lives are potentially at stake.
Companies should prepare for a 'pandemic' flu the way they would for a blizzard.
It is to be hoped that they are available before the next 'pandemic' strikes.
The effectiveness of antivirals in the treatment of 'pandemic' influenza is unclear.
Imagine if you will you were a government which was aware of a global 'pandemic' flu in the offing.
There is, however, going to be another influenza 'pandemic' some time soon.
History has shown that 'pandemic' strains of influenza viruses emerge as reassortants of human and avian viruses.
The idea that this flu could reach 'pandemic' proportions is a chilling thought.
Sars has revealed much about the way a 'pandemic' illness can affect modern society - with massive consequences.
The Department of Health will also announce its revised 'pandemic' flu contingency plan this week.
It is a remarkable achievement which increases Britain's ability to cope with 'pandemic' flu, should it happen.
flu 'pandemic'
Film has become a 'pandemic' obsession throughout our culture and even throughout the world.
The arrival of a 'pandemic' influenza would trigger a reaction that would change the world overnight.
Scotland will be hit by a deadly strain of the bird flu virus within three weeks of a 'pandemic' starting in Asia, Scotland's top doctor has warned.
Last year, following a simulated exercise, the Ministry of Health developed a national 'pandemic' plan.
Mr Abbott today announced that the government would speed up funding for research into 'pandemic' influenza.
They appear to have reached 'pandemic' status within urban areas and a cull is long overdue.
It is not our principles that have spawned 'pandemic' hatred of America in the Islamic world.
This argues for the need to look at other ways to respond to a new flu strain which has 'pandemic' potential.
It depends on what percentage of the population gets a 'pandemic' flu strain.
Since the start of the 'pandemic' two decades ago, 17 million Africans have died of it.
Is the Canadian plan to deal with the bird flu 'pandemic' similar to that outlined by the president today?
Don't expect to be able to buy most of these things when the 'pandemic' starts.
It will say that if a widely anticipated European flu 'pandemic' hits, unhygienic doctors will contribute to the spread of the virus.
Even if nations vaccinate their entire populations, they will not remain immune to the 'pandemic' shock.
Most topical is the risk of 'pandemic' influenza, which seems to be the highest in three decades.
The factors involved in the genesis of each 'pandemic' virus are probably different.
But 'pandemic' influenza, appearing every few decades, has much more devastating consequences.
Let's hope that this virus does not mutate and create a worldwide 'pandemic' this winter.
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