hyperepidemic

English

Etymology

hyper- +‎ epidemic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛmɪk

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.