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EPIDEMIOLOGY

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ep⋅i⋅de⋅mi⋅ol⋅o⋅gy

  [ep-i-dee-mee-ol-uh-jee, -dem-ee-]
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–noun
the branch of medicine dealing with the incidence and prevalence of disease in large populations and with detection of the source and cause of epidemics of infectious disease.
Origin:
1870–75; epidemi(c) + -o- + -logy

Related forms:
ep⋅i⋅de⋅mi⋅o⋅log⋅i⋅cal  [ep-i-dee-mee-uh-loj-i-kuhl, -dem-ee-] , adjective
ep⋅i⋅de⋅mi⋅o⋅log⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
ep⋅i⋅de⋅mi⋅ol⋅o⋅gist, noun
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ep·i·de·mi·ol·o·gy   (ěp'ĭ-dē'mē-ŏl'ə-jē, -děm'ē-)   
n.  The branch of medicine that deals with the study of the causes, distribution, and control of disease in populations.

[Medieval Latin epidēmia, an epidemic; see epidemic + -logy.]
ep'i·de'mi·o·log'ic (-ə-lŏj'ĭk), ep'i·de'mi·o·log'i·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adj., ep'i·de'mi·o·log'i·cal·ly adv., ep'i·de'mi·ol'o·gist n.
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Main Entry: ep·i·de·mi·ol·o·gy
Pronunciation: -jE
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -gies
1 : a branch of medical science that deals with the incidence, distribution, and control of disease in a population
2 : the sum of the factors controlling the presence orabsence of a disease or pathogen —ep·i·de·mi·o·log·i·cal /-"dE-mE-&-'läj-i-k&l, -"dem-E-/ also ep·i·de·mi·o·log·ic /-ik/ adjective —ep·i·de·mi·o·log·i·cal·ly /-i-k(&-)lE/ adverb
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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epidemiology ep·i·de·mi·ol·o·gy (ěp'ĭ-dē'mē-ŏl'ə-jē, -děm'ē-)
n.
The branch of medicine that deals with the study of the causes, distribution, and control of disease in populations.

ep'i·de'mi·ol'o·gist n.

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