hyperepidemic
English
Etymology
hyper- + epidemic
Noun
hyperepidemic (plural hyperepidemics)
- A very widespread epidemic.
Adjective
hyperepidemic (not comparable)
- 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.
- 1991, Todd L. Savitt, James Harvey Young, Disease and Distinctiveness in the American South (page 42)