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)

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

Derived terms

• ecoepidemiology
• epidemiologic
• epidemiological
• epidemiologically
• epidemiologist
• geoepidemiology
• immunoepidemiology
• macroepidemiology
• microepidemiology
• neuroepidemiology
• palaeoepidemiology
• paleoepidemiology
• pharmacoepidemiology
• seroepidemiology

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
• Persian: همه‌گیرشناسی (hamegiršenâsi), اِپیدمیولوژی (fa) (epidemioloži)
• 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)