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Definition of Epidemiology

1. Noun. The branch of medical science dealing with the transmission and control of disease.

Definition of Epidemiology

1. n. That branch of science which treats of epidemics.

Definition of Epidemiology

1. Noun. (science) The branch of a science dealing with the spread and control of diseases, computer viruses, concepts etc. throughout populations or systems. ¹

2. Noun. (science) The epidemiological body of knowledge about a particular thing. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Epidemiology

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Medical Definition of Epidemiology

1. The study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states and events in populations and the control of health problems, the study of epidemic disease. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Epidemiology

Literary usage of Epidemiology

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Public Health by Hibbert Winslow Hill (1916)
"Concurrent epidemiology is the epidemiology required in contact outbreaks, ie, ... Emergency epidemiology is rapid and spectacular; it is played hard, ..."

2. Risk Assessment for Neurobehavioral Toxicity edited by Bernard Weiss, Jurg Elsner (1997)
"Progress has been much slower than the optimistic predictions, especially in neurobehavioral epidemiology. For the purpose of risk assessment, ..."

3. Drug Addiction Research & the Health of Women edited by Cora L. Wetherington (1999)
"She presented data on the epidemiology of drug use and drug abuse disorders from two national studies and data on the developmental patterns and ..."

4. Assessment of the Scientific Information for the Radiation Exposure by National Research Council (U. S.) (2005)
"RADIATION epidemiology Much of what is known about the long-term effects of ... epidemiology is the study of determinants and distributions of disease in ..."

5. Health United States 1995: The Annual National Report on Health by Kate Prager, Diane M. Makuc, Jacob J. Feldman (1998)
"epidemiology Program Office National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System The epidemiology Program Office (EPO) of CDC, in partnership with the Council ..."

6. Diarrhea and Malnutrition: Interactions, Mechanisms, and Interventions by Lincoln C. Chen, Nevin S. Scrimshaw (1983)
"This paper will consider the epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, and potential nutritional consequences of four distinctive invasive ..."

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