quademic

noun

1. A concurrent surge in cases of four different diseases or pathologies.

   informal

   With behavioral health issues being added to flu, COVID and RSV, the “tridemic” is now seen as a “quademic” in Rhode Island.

Where it comes from

Blend of quad- + pandemic, an allusion to the earlier COVID-19 pandemic.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry quademic (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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