epidemiology (redirected from descriptive epidemiology)

ep·i·de·mi·ol·o·gy  (p-dm-l-j, -dm-)

n.

The branch of medicine that deals with the study of the causes, distribution, and control of disease in populations.

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[Medieval Latin epidmia, an epidemic; see epidemic + -logy.]

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epi·demi·o·logic (--ljk), epi·demi·o·logi·cal (--kl) adj.

epi·demi·o·logi·cal·ly adv.

epi·demi·olo·gist n.

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epidemiology [ˌɛpɪˌdiːmɪˈɒlədʒɪ]

n

(Medicine) the branch of medical science concerned with the occurrence, transmission, and control of epidemic diseases

epidemiological  [ˌɛpɪˌdiːmɪəˈlɒdʒɪk^əl] adj

epidemiologically  adv

epidemiologist  n

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epidemiology  (p-dm-l-j)

The scientific study of the causes, distribution, and control of disease in populations.

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epidemiology

1. the study of the relationships of the various factors determining the frequency and distribution of diseases in a human community.
2. the field of medicine that attempts to determine the exact causes of localized outbreaks of disease. — epidemiologist, n. — epidemiologie, epidemiological, adj.

See also: Medical Specialties

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

epidemiology - the branch of medical science dealing with the transmission and control of disease medical specialty, medicine - the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques index case - the earliest documented case of a disease that is included in an epidemiological study prevalence - (epidemiology) the ratio (for a given time period) of the number of occurrences of a disease or event to the number of units at risk in the population

Translations

epidemiology

n → Epidemiologie f