Demo Root Words

Demo:  people

democracy (noun):

• Government by the people, especially as exercised by elected representatives.

• A system of government in which the power is vested in the people.

demography (noun):

• The scientific study of population statistics.

• The study of statistics such as births, deaths, income, or disease, especially those affecting a specific population.

epidemic (noun):

• A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.

• A sudden, widespread outbreak of a disease that affects many people at the same time.

endemic (adjective):

• (of a disease or condition) regularly found among particular people or in a certain area.

• Regularly found among a particular group of people or in a certain area.

pandemic (noun):

• A disease prevalent over a whole country or the world.

• A disease that affects a large number of people over a wide area.