Meaning of EPIDEMIOLOGY
| Pronunciation: | | `epi`deemee'âlujee
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[n] the branch of medical science dealing with the transmission and control of disease |
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EPIDEMIOLOGY is a 12 letter word that starts with E. |
| | See Also: | | medical specialty, medicine | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ep`i*de`mi*ol"o*gy\, n. [Epidemy + -logy.] (Med.)
That branch of science which treats of epidemics.
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | The scientific study of diseases; includes analyzing the occurence and distribution of diseases and the factors that govern their spread. |
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| | Related Terms: | | aerial infection, airborne infection, carrier, communicability, contagion, contagiousness, contamination, cryptogenic infection, direct infection, droplet infection, dust infection, hand infection, health physics, hygiene, hygienics, indirect infection, infection, infectiousness, mental hygiene, phytogenic infection, preventive dentistry, preventive medicine, primary infection, prophylactic psychology, prophylactodontia, prophylaxis, public health, pyogenic infection, sanitation, secondary infection, subclinical infection, taint, vector, virus, waterborne infection, zoogenic infection |
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