superstrain

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UK/ˈs(j)uːpəstɹeɪn/US/ˈsuːpəɹstɹeɪn/UK/s(j)uːpəˈstɹeɪn/US/suːpəɹˈstɹeɪn/

noun

A strain (of a disease etc.) that comprehends several substrains.

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Meanings

nounsuperstrain (plural superstrains)

plural superstrains

  1. A strain (of a disease etc.) that comprehends several substrains.
verbsuperstrain (third-person singular simple present superstrains, present participle superstraining, simple past and past participle superstrained)

present singular third person superstrains · participle present superstraining · participle past superstrained · past superstrained

  1. obsoleteTo overstrain, to strain too much.

    In the straining of a string , the further it is strained the less superstraining goeth to a note

    1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “II. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC

Origin

From super- + strain.

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APA

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MLA

“superstrain.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superstrain. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “superstrain,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superstrain.

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