| pandemic definitions |
| # | Definition | Sets |
| 1 | an epidemic that is geographically widespread | 40 sets |
| 2 | widespread | 30 sets |
| 3 | widespread; affecting the majority of people; n: pandemic disease; cf. all people | 27 sets |
| 4 | disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects a very high proportion of the population. | 25 sets |
| 5 | general; widespread | 18 sets |
| 6 | disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects a very high proportion of the population | 16 sets |
| 7 | widespread, general | 16 sets |
| 8 | widespread; general | 15 sets |
| 9 | n. general, widespread, oft. of disease | 12 sets |
| 10 | an outbreak of a disease that spreads worldwide. | 12 sets |
| 11 | large epidemic | 11 sets |
| 12 | an outbreak of disease that spreads world-wide. | 10 sets |
| 13 | spread throughout a wide geographic area; worldwide | 10 sets |
| 14 | adj. affecting a whole people or all classes, as a disease. | 9 sets |
| 15 | an outbreak of a disease that spreads worldwide | 8 sets |
| 16 | general, widespread, oft. of disease | 8 sets |
| 17 | spread throughout a population | 8 sets |
| 18 | an epidemic occurring over a wide area, and affecting a large proportion of then population | 7 sets |
| 19 | occurring over a wide geographic area and affecting a large portion of the population | 7 sets |
| 20 | widespread; in medicine this refers to a disease prevalent throughout a region | 7 sets |
| 21 | affecting a whole people or all classes, as a disease | 6 sets |
| 22 | having an effect on a large area or region | 6 sets |
| 23 | affecting a whole people or all classes, as a disease. | 6 sets |
| 24 | (adj.) widespread; general. | 6 sets |
| 25 | widespread; affecting the majority of people | 5 sets |
| 26 | widespread disease | 5 sets |
| 27 | epidemic over a wide geographical area | 5 sets |
| 28 | prevalent throughout a large area | 5 sets |
| 29 | relating to all people | 5 sets |
| 30 | describes an epidemic that has spread to include several large areas worldwide | 5 sets |
| 31 | spread of disease across a large area, country, continent, or the entire world | 4 sets |
| 32 | a disease affecting all people throughout an entire country | 4 sets |
| 33 | (of a disease) prevalent throughout an entire country, continent, or the whole world; epidemic over a large area. | 4 sets |
| 34 | worldwide epidemic | 4 sets |
| 35 | affecting a whole people or a number of countries. | 4 sets |
| 36 | describes a prevelance (very common) | 4 sets |
| 37 | a disease affecting a large population over a wide geographic area | 4 sets |
| 38 | occuring over a wide geographic area and affecting a large portion of the population | 4 sets |
| 39 | a widespread epidemic of disease | 4 sets |
| 40 | spread over a whole area or country | 4 sets |