epidemiology


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
epidemiology /ˌɛpɪdiːmɪˈɒlədʒi/
noun the branch of medicine concerned with the incidence and distribution of diseases and other factors relating to health.
– derivatives
epidemiological adjective,
epidemiologist noun.
– origin C19: from Gk epidēmia ‘prevalence of disease’ + -logy.
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