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シンデミック (しんでみっく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

シンデミック

Meanings

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noun

syndemic; synergistic epidemic

medicine

Medical term for two or more concurrent epidemics that interact and worsen each other, often in a context of social and environmental factors.

新しん型がたコロナウイルスと生せい活かつ習しゅう慣かん病びょうのシンデミックが懸け念ねんされている。
A syndemic of COVID-19 and lifestyle diseases is a concern.

Similar words

パンデミック
パンデミック refers to a widespread epidemic across countries or continents, while シンデミック specifically describes interacting epidemics that worsen each other's effects.
エピデミック
エピデミック is a more general term for a disease outbreak in a community, without the connotation of synergistic interaction found in シンデミック.

Etymology

Borrowed from English 'syndemic', a blend of 'synergistic' and 'epidemic'. The term was coined in the 1990s by medical anthropologist Merrill Singer.