epidemiology

English

Etymology

From Late Latin epidemia +‎ -logy. See epidemic for more.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɛp.ɪ.diː.miː.ɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˌɛp.ɪˌdi.miˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/, /ˌɛp.ɪˌdɛm.iˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
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Noun

epidemiology (usually uncountable, plural epidemiologies)

(sciences) The branch of science dealing with the spread and control of diseases, viruses, concepts etc. throughout populations or systems.
(sciences) The epidemiological body of knowledge about a particular thing.

Derived terms

Related terms

epidemic

Translations

branch of medicine dealing with transmission and control of disease in populations

Arabic: عِلْم أَوْبِئَة m (ʕilm ʔawbiʔa)
Azerbaijani: epidemiologiya
Bashkir: эпидемиология (epidemiologiya)
Basque: epidemiologia (eu)
Breton: reuziadoniezh (br) f
Catalan: epidemiologia (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 流行病學／流行病学 (zh) (liúxíngbìngxué)
Czech: epidemiologie f
Dutch: epidemiologie (nl) f
Finnish: epidemiologia (fi)
French: épidémiologie (fr) f
Galician: epidemioloxía (gl) f
German: Epidemiologie (de) f
Greek: επιδημιολογία (el) f (epidimiología)
Hebrew: אֶפִּידֶמְיוֹלוֹגְיָה (he) f (epidemiologiya)
Hungarian: epidemiológia (hu), járványtan (hu)
Icelandic: faraldsfræði f, faraldursfræði f, farsóttafræði f
Irish: eipidéimeolaíocht f
Italian: epidemiologia (it) f
Japanese: 疫学 (ja) (えきがく, ekigaku)
Kazakh: эпидемиология (épidemiologiä)
Korean: 역학(疫学) (ko) (yeokhak)
Kyrgyz: эпидемиология (epidemiologiya)
Latin: epidemiologia f
Malay: epidemiologi (ms)
Maori: mātai tahumaero
Polish: epidemiologia (pl) f
Portuguese: epidemiologia (pt) f
Romanian: epidemiologie (ro) f
Russian: эпидемиоло́гия (ru) f (epidemiológija)
Slovak: epidemiológia f
Spanish: epidemiología f
Swahili: epidemiolojia
Swedish: epidemiologi (sv) c
Thai: วิทยาการระบาด (wít-tá-yaa-gaan-rá-bàat)
Ukrainian: епідеміоло́гія f (epidemiolóhija)
Vietnamese: dịch tễ học (疫癠學)
Yiddish: עפּידעמיאָלאָגיע f (epidemyologye)

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