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Pervasive

//pəˈveɪ.sɪv// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Manifested throughout; pervading, permeating, penetrating or affecting everything.

    "The medication had a pervasive effect on the patient's health."

Adjective
  1. 1
    spreading or spread throughout wordnet

Etymology

From Latin pervāsus, from pervādō (“spread through, pervade”), from per (“through”) + vādō (“go, walk”).

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