'epidemiology' definitions:
Definition of 'epidemiology'
(from WordNet)
noun
The branch of medical science dealing with the transmission and control of disease
Definition of 'epidemiology'
From: GCIDE
- epidemiology \ep`i*de`mi*ol"o*gy\, n. [Epidemy + -logy.] (Med.) That branch of medicine which studies the incidence and distribution of disease in a population, and uses such information to find the causes, modes of transmission, and methods for control of disease. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Synonyms of 'epidemiology'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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