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quademic

noun

Etymology

Blend of quad- + pandemic, an allusion to the earlier COVID-19 pandemic.

  1. derived from *deh₂-✻ — “to divide, share”
  2. derived from *peh₂-✻ — “to protect, shepherd”
  3. derived from πάνδημος — “of or belonging to all the people, public”
  4. compounded as quademic — “quad- + pandemic”

Definitions

  1. A concurrent surge in cases of four different diseases or pathologies.

    • With behavioral health issues being added to flu, COVID and RSV, the “tridemic” is now seen as a “quademic” in Rhode Island.
    • Four viruses are currently circulating in the United States, together earning the name "quad-demic."

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for quademic. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA