twindemic
twindemic noun: two pandemics happening simultaneously, such as flu and COVID-19.
Noun
twindemic (plural twindemics)
- Two pandemics happening simultaneously, such as flu and COVID-19.
- Tonight it is being called a potential ‘twindemic’, the flu season and COVID coinciding this fall with deadly results.2020 August 21, “CDC urges all Americans to get flu shots amid fears of ‘twindemic’”, in NBC
- This further exacerbated the diagnostic challenge posed by undifferentiated febrile illness during a “twindemic” of both COVID-19 and dengue, as both illnesses could potentially present with febrile syndromes.2022 May 7, Liang En Wee, Edwin Philip Conceicao, Jean Xiang-Ying Sim, May Kyawt Aung, Aung Myat Oo, et al., “Dengue and COVID-19: Managing Undifferentiated Febrile Illness during a ‘Twindemic’”, in...
Forms of twindemic
| plural | twindemics |
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Origin of twindemic
Blend of twin + pandemic.
Words that rhyme with twindemic
- 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 twindemic
- What does twindemic mean?
- Twindemic means two pandemics happening simultaneously, such as flu and COVID-19.
- What part of speech is twindemic?
- Twindemic is a noun.
- What is the plural of twindemic?
- The plural of twindemic is twindemics.
Words near twindemic in the dictionary
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