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hyperepidemic

noun

Etymology

From hyper- + epidemic.

  1. derived from ἐπιδήμιος
  2. derived from epidēmia
  3. derived from epidēmia
  4. derived from épidémique
  5. prefixed as hyperepidemic — “hyper + epidemic”

Definitions

  1. A very widespread epidemic.

  2. Very highly epidemic.

    • According to Erwin Ackerknecht, the disease was hyperepidemic in New England from 1870 to 1890.

The neighborhood

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