"syndemic" meaning in English

See syndemic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Rhymes: -ɛmɪk Etymology: Coined by Merrill Singer in the mid-1990s. Blend of synergy + demic (“of a population”). Compare epidemic (literally “upon the people”). Etymology templates: {{coin|en|Merrill Singer|nobycat=1}} Coined by Merrill Singer, {{blend|en|synergy|demic|t2=of a population}} Blend of synergy + demic (“of a population”), {{m|en|epidemic|lit=upon the people}} epidemic (literally “upon the people”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} syndemic (not comparable)
  1. Describing such a situation Tags: not-comparable Translations (Translations): sindèmic [masculine] (Catalan), syndémique [feminine, masculine] (French), sindémico [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-syndemic-en-adj-QQHJSegc Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English quotations with omitted translation Disambiguation of English blends: 68 32 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 67 33 Disambiguation of English quotations with omitted translation: 74 26

Noun

Forms: syndemics [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛmɪk Etymology: Coined by Merrill Singer in the mid-1990s. Blend of synergy + demic (“of a population”). Compare epidemic (literally “upon the people”). Etymology templates: {{coin|en|Merrill Singer|nobycat=1}} Coined by Merrill Singer, {{blend|en|synergy|demic|t2=of a population}} Blend of synergy + demic (“of a population”), {{m|en|epidemic|lit=upon the people}} epidemic (literally “upon the people”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} syndemic (plural syndemics)
  1. An aggregation of two or more diseases that interact synergistically within a population. Translations (aggregation of two or more diseases): sindèmia [feminine] (Catalan), syndémie [feminine] (French), sindemia [feminine] (Portuguese), sindemia [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-syndemic-en-noun-eahBzIRi

Inflected forms

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