Epidemiology Definition

ĕpĭ-dēmē-ŏlə-jē, -dĕmē-
noun
The branch of medicine that investigates the causes and control of epidemics.
Webster's New World
All the elements contributing to the occurrence or nonoccurrence of a disease in a population; ecology of a disease.
Webster's New World

(sciences) The epidemiological body of knowledge about a particular thing.

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Origin of Epidemiology

  • From Late Latin epidemia + οlogy, from Ancient Greek επιδημία (epidemia) + λόγος (logos), from επί (upon) and δήμος (people) (disease upon people and theory). See also epidemic.

    From Wiktionary

  • Medieval Latin epidēmia an epidemic epidemic –logy

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Epidemiology Sentence Examples

  • Epidemic outbreaks of other diseases - for instance, cholera, diphtheria and typhoid fever - are often preceded and followed by the prevalence of mild illness of an allied type; and t he true significance of this fact is one of the most important problems in epidemiology.

  • The epidemiology of ovine toxoplasmosis with especial respect to control.

  • The Center offers a comprehensive graduate program in veterinary epidemiology and information about this program is available.

  • Other new chapters cover using the personal computer for healthcare epidemiology; infections associated with xenotransplantation; nosocomial bacteremia; and filamentous fungi.

  • Dr. Jennie L Brierley, from the Scottish Crop Research Institute, whose interests include the epidemiology of potato blackleg.

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