Meaning of EPIDEMIOLOGY
| Pronunciation: | | `epi`deemee'âlujee
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| | Definition: | | [n] the branch of medical science dealing with the transmission and control of disease |
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| | See Also: | | medical specialty, medicine | |
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| | Definition: | | Epidemiology
Applying the author's many years of clinical and teaching experience to make the principles and methods of epidemiology easy to understand, this popular book explains the role of epidemiology in measuring disease in a community, estimating risks, and influencing public policy and ethical concerns. Line diagrams, cartoons, and review questions with answers reinforce the text. more details ... |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ep`i*de`mi*ol"o*gy\, n. [Epidemy + -logy.] (Med.)
That branch of science which treats of epidemics.
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| | Definition: | | The scientific study of diseases; includes analyzing the occurence and distribution of diseases and the factors that govern their spread. |
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| | Related Terms: | | aerial infection, airborne infection, carrier, communicability, contagion, contagiousness, contamination, cryptogenic infection, direct infection, droplet infection, dust infection, hand infection, health physics, hygiene, hygienics, indirect infection, infection, infectiousness, mental hygiene, phytogenic infection, preventive dentistry, preventive medicine, primary infection, prophylactic psychology, prophylactodontia, prophylaxis, public health, pyogenic infection, sanitation, secondary infection, subclinical infection, taint, vector, virus, waterborne infection, zoogenic infection |
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