epidemiology

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/ˈɛp.ɪ.diːm.iː.ɒl.ə.dʒi/ English

Definitions

noun

The branch of science dealing with the spread and control of diseases, viruses, concepts etc. throughout populations or systems.
The epidemiological body of knowledge about a particular thing.

Related words

Synonyms

pandemic epidemic disease epi update epidemics epizootiology public-health epidemiography epidemology vectorology ecoepidemiology epidemiographer epidemiographist endemiology macroepidemiology

Associated

epidemiological mailman communicable etiology infectious pathogenesis microbiology preventive immunology toxicology hygiene genetics

Rhymes

ideology physiology methodology etymology scatology epistemology chronology etiology psychology anthology

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