Epidemic: The occurrence in a community or region of cases of an illness, specific health-related behavior, or other health-related events clearly in excess of normal expectancy; the word also is used to describe outbreaks of disease in animals or plants.
Pandemic: Denoting a disease affecting or attacking the population of an extensive region, country, continent, global; extensively epidemic.
Straight out my medical dictionary :)
ReplyDeleteEpidemic: The occurrence in a community or region of cases of an illness, specific health-related behavior, or other health-related events clearly in excess of normal expectancy; the word also is used to describe outbreaks of disease in animals or plants.
Pandemic: Denoting a disease affecting or attacking the population of an extensive region, country, continent, global; extensively epidemic.
Are you getting a flu shot?
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