epidemiology
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epidemiology
- /ˌɛpɪdiːmiˈɒləd͡ʒi/ UK
- /ˌɛpɪˌdimiˈɑləd͡ʒi/ US
- /ˌɛpɪˌdɛm-/ US
Where it comes from
From Late Latin epidemia + -logy. See epidemic for more.
noun epidemiologies
- The branch of science dealing with the spread and control of diseases, viruses, concepts etc. throughout populations or systems. 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.
- The epidemiological body of knowledge about a particular thing.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: pandemic, epidemic, disease, epi, update, epidemics, epizootiology, public-health, epidemiography, epidemology, vectorology, ecoepidemiology, epidemiographer, epidemiographist, endemiology, macroepidemiology
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noun branch of medicine dealing with transmission and control of disease in populations
| Español | epidemiología |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 역학 yeokhak |
| 日本語 | 疫学 ekigaku |
| 中文 | 流行病學 /流行病学 liúxíngbìngxué |
| Kiswahili | epidemiolojia |
| Português | epidemiologia |
| Français | épidémiologie |
| Deutsch | Epidemiologie |
| Italiano | epidemiologia |
| Ελληνικά | επιδημιολογία epidimiología |
| Română | epidemiologie |
| Русский | эпидемиоло́гия epidemiológija |
| Tiếng Việt | dịch tễ học |
| العربية | عِلْم أَوْبِئَة ʕilm ʔawbiʔa |
| עברית | אֶפִּידֶמְיוֹלוֹגְיָה epidemiologiya |
Talk about this word "epidemiology." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/epidemiology. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. epidemiology. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/epidemiology "epidemiology." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/epidemiology.Cite this
@misc{epidemiology_2026,
title = {epidemiology},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/epidemiology},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
