tripledemic
tripledemic noun: a combination of three pandemics (usually referring to Covid-19, influenza, and RSV).
Noun
tripledemic (plural tripledemics)
- A combination of three pandemics (usually referring to Covid-19, influenza, and RSV).
- What’s more, COVID-19 isn’t the only sickness going around, as influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) cases are prevalent, creating a “tripledemic.”2022 January 5, Janelle Randazza, Kaleb Brown, “Fight against the tripledemic with these KN95 masks for kids”, in USA Today, Money
- With few to no restrictions in place and travel and socializing back in full swing, an expected winter rise in Covid cases appears poised to collide with a resurgent influenza season, causing a "twindemic" — or even a "tripledemic," with a third pathogen, respiratory syncytial virus, or R.S.V., in...2022 October 23, Apoorva Mandavilli, “A 'Tripledemic'? Flu, R.S.V. and Covid May Collide This Winter, Experts Say”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 05 Jan 2023
- Synonyms:
- tridemic
Synonyms of tripledemic
Forms of tripledemic
| plural | tripledemics |
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Origin of tripledemic
Blend of triple + pandemic.
Words that rhyme with tripledemic
- academic
- epidemic
- chemic
- demic
- endemic
- polemic
- infodemic
- pandemic
- philodemic
- philopolemic
- plandemic
- postpandemic
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- systemic
- alchemic
- allelochemic
- anthemic
- anti-epidemic
- antiacademic
- antiepidemic
- chemick
- chernozemic
- chronosystemic
- diasystemic
- ecoepidemic
- electrochemic
- endemoepidemic
- eudemic
- geochemic
- haremic
- holoendemic
- hyperendemic
- hyperepidemic
- hypoendemic
- interacademic
- interepidemic
- interpandemic
- intraepidemic
- intrapandemic
- mesoendemic
- microendemic
- microepidemic
- monosystemic
- multisystemic
- myxedemic
- near-endemic
- non-academic
- nonacademic
- nonendemic
- nonepidemic
- nonpandemic
- nonsystemic
- palaeoendemic
- paleoendemic
- panepidemic
- photochemic
- pingdemic
- polemick
- polydemic
- polysystemic
- portasystemic
Questions about tripledemic
- What does tripledemic mean?
- Tripledemic means a combination of three pandemics (usually referring to Covid-19, influenza, and RSV).
- What part of speech is tripledemic?
- Tripledemic is a noun.
- What is the plural of tripledemic?
- The plural of tripledemic is tripledemics.
Words near tripledemic in the dictionary
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