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Pchuang Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

epidemic vs pandemic

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0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00epidemic02font 00 a widespread occurence of a disease, or occasionally of some other undesirable thing eg 01i 00an epidemic of bad grammar02i 02br 02br 01font 00pandemic02font 00 The prefix 'pan' refers to 'all' (from Greek). A pandemic is a big epidemic, typically involving the entire world or perhaps a whole country. Unlike 'epidemic', 'pandemic' is only used to refer to diseases.

— Clive

  • 0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00epidemic02font 00 a widespread occurence of a disease, or occasionally of some other undesirable thing eg 01i 00an epidemic of bad grammar02i 02br 02br 01font 00pandemic02font 00 The prefix 'pan' refers to 'all' (from Greek).
  • A pandemic is a big epidemic, typically involving the entire world or perhaps a whole country.
  • Unlike 'epidemic', 'pandemic' is only used to refer to diseases.
  • 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive0-
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0Hi,02br
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01font00epidemic02font00 a widespread occurence of a disease, or occasionally of some other undesirable thing eg 01i00an epidemic of bad grammar02i02br
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01font00pandemic02font00 The prefix 'pan' refers to 'all' (from Greek). A pandemic is
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0 the prefix 'epi' has some meaning of 'top', 'big' as in 'epicenter', where an earth quake starts and where the force of the quake is at its peak. what is the meaning of other part: 'demic'? population? people? or disease?0-
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01font01i00'demic'?02i00 population? people? or disease?00 It's from the Greek 01i00demos02i00 = people. As in democracy, demographic, etc.02font02br
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In the medical community, yes epidemic indicates a widespread episode of disease, while pandemics are global or spanning several countries.
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0 Your exampe, Clive, of an epidemic of bad grammer would in all actuality be more of a pandemic. 0-
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yeah, i agreed. thank you. all of u Emotion: smile
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So can I say this?

The swine flu was just a epidemic in Mexico in the first place, but it has been spreading so quick that it is a pandemic bothering half of the world.

Please correct my sentence, if you think it sounds not normal. Thanks a lot.
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