hyperepidemic

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English

Etymology

From hyper- +‎ epidemic.

Pronunciation

Noun

hyperepidemic (plural hyperepidemics)

  1. A very widespread epidemic.

Adjective

hyperepidemic (not comparable)

  1. Very highly epidemic.
    • 1991, Todd L. Savitt, James Harvey Young, Disease and Distinctiveness in the American South, page 42:
      According to Erwin Ackerknecht, the disease was hyperepidemic in New England from 1870 to 1890.