epidemiology

Epidemiology is defined as the branch of medicine that finds out what causes epidemics and how to control them.

(noun)

An example of epidemiology is the branch of medicine that includes the group of professionals who tracked down the cause of AIDS.

See epidemiology in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

the branch of medicine that investigates the causes and control of epidemics
all the elements contributing to the occurrence or nonoccurrence of a disease in a population; ecology of a disease

Origin: Gr epidēmios (see epidemic) + -logy

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See epidemiology in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The branch of medicine that deals with the study of the causes, distribution, and control of disease in populations.

Origin:

Origin: Medieval Latin epidēmia, an epidemic; see epidemic

Origin: + -logy

Related Forms:

epˌi·deˌmi·o·logˈic (-ə-lŏjˈĭk), epˌi·deˌmi·o·logˈi·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adjective

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