Epidemiology

//ˌɛpɪˌdimiˈɑləd͡ʒi// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The branch of science dealing with the spread and control of diseases, viruses, concepts etc. throughout populations or systems. uncountable, usually

    "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."

  2. 2
    the branch of medical science dealing with the transmission and control of disease wordnet
  3. 3
    The epidemiological body of knowledge about a particular thing. uncountable, usually

Synonyms

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aerial infectionairborne infectioncarriercommunicabilitycontagioncontagiousness

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"She decided to study epidemiology, in the hopes of preventing a zombie apocalypse!"

Etymology

From Late Latin epidemia + -logy. See epidemic for more.

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