epidemiology en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Late Latin epidemia + -logy. See epidemic for more.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) The branch of science dealing with the spread and control of diseases, viruses, concepts etc. throughout populations or systems.
Melzer and Luke C. Pilling, a research fellow in genomic epidemiology at the University of Exeter Medical School, have also studied the genetics underlying longevity.
2018 November 6, Susan Scutti, “Your Grandma may be old, but that doesn’t mean you will be, researchers say”, in CNN:In addition to new diseases, Quammen touches on many of the examples often included in standard disease ecology or epidemiology courses—for example, myxomatosis in nonnative rabbits of Australia, and mutation rates in RNA versus DNA viruses.
2013 January 14, Katie L. Burke, “Ecological Dependency”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, United States: Sigma Xi, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Feb 2017, retrieved 09 May 2013, page 64:
- (uncountable, usually) The epidemiological body of knowledge about a particular thing.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| epidemiologies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
neuroepidemiology · epidemiologic · epidemiological · macroepidemiology · immunoepidemiology · palaeoepidemiology · epidemiologist · ecoepidemiology · seroepidemiology · paleoepidemiology · pharmacoepidemiology · geoepidemiology · epidemiologically · microepidemiology
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Translations (44)
id epidemiologi (branch of medicine dealing with transmission and control of disease in populations) · uk епідеміоло́гія (branch of medicine dealing with transmission and control of disease in populations) · sw epidemiolojia (branch of medicine dealing with transmission and control of disease in populations) · fr épidémiologie (branch of medicine dealing with transmission and control of disease in populations) · es epidemiología (branch of medicine dealing with transmission and control of disease in populations) · ru эпидемиоло́гия (branch of medicine dealing with transmission and control of disease in populations) · gl epidemioloxía (branch of medicine dealing with transmission and control of disease in populations) · nl epidemiologie (branch of medicine dealing with transmission and control of disease in populations) · he אֶפִּידֶמְיוֹלוֹגְיָה (branch of medicine dealing with transmission and control of disease in populations) · hu járványtan (branch of medicine dealing with transmission and control of disease in populations) · ko 역학 (branch of medicine dealing with transmission and control of disease in populations) · fa همهگیرشناسی (branch of medicine dealing with transmission and control of disease in populations) · hu epidemiológia (branch of medicine dealing with transmission and control of disease in populations) · fa اِپیدمیولوژی (branch of medicine dealing with transmission and control of disease in populations) · ga eipidéimeolaíocht (branch of medicine dealing with transmission and control of disease in populations) · sv epidemiologi (branch of medicine dealing with transmission and control of disease in populations) · kk эпидемиология (branch of medicine dealing with transmission and control of disease in populations) · br reuziadoniezh (branch of medicine dealing with transmission and control of disease in populations) · la epidemiologia (branch of medicine dealing with transmission and control of disease in populations) · fi epidemiologia (branch of medicine dealing with transmission and control of disease in populations) · is faraldsfræði (branch of medicine dealing with transmission and control of disease in populations) · pt epidemiologia (branch of medicine dealing with transmission and control of disease in populations) · mi mātai tahumaero (branch of medicine dealing with transmission and control of disease in populations) · ar عِلْم أَوْبِئَة (branch of medicine dealing with transmission and control of disease in populations) · ja 疫学 (branch of medicine dealing with transmission and control of disease in populations) · is faraldursfræði (branch of medicine dealing with transmission and control of disease in populations) · el επιδημιολογία (branch of medicine dealing with transmission and control of disease in populations) · ba эпидемиология (branch of medicine dealing with transmission and control of disease in populations) · pl epidemiologia (branch of medicine dealing with transmission and control of disease in populations) · eu epidemiologia (branch of medicine dealing with transmission and control of disease in populations) · it epidemiologia (branch of medicine dealing with transmission and control of disease in populations) · az epidemiologiya (branch of medicine dealing with transmission and control of disease in populations) · de Epidemiologie (branch of medicine dealing with transmission and control of disease in populations) · ky эпидемиология (branch of medicine dealing with transmission and control of disease in populations) · ro epidemiologie (branch of medicine dealing with transmission and control of disease in populations) · ms epidemiologi (branch of medicine dealing with transmission and control of disease in populations) · th วิทยาการระบาด (branch of medicine dealing with transmission and control of disease in populations) · cs epidemiologie (branch of medicine dealing with transmission and control of disease in populations) · cmn 流行病學 /流行病学 (branch of medicine dealing with transmission and control of disease in populations) · yi עפּידעמיאָלאָגיע (branch of medicine dealing with transmission and control of disease in populations) · is farsóttafræði (branch of medicine dealing with transmission and control of disease in populations) · vi dịch tễ học (branch of medicine dealing with transmission and control of disease in populations) · ca epidemiologia (branch of medicine dealing with transmission and control of disease in populations) · sk epidemiológia (branch of medicine dealing with transmission and control of disease in populations)