epidemiology

CEFRC1

/ˌɛpɪdiːmiˈɒləd͡ʒi/

noun

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In plain English

01
noun
The study of how diseases spread through populations.
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noun
Extra detail
The epidemiological body of knowledge about a particular thing.

Examples

She decided to study epidemiology, in the hopes of preventing a zombie apocalypse!
Melzer and Luke C. Pilling, a research fellow in genomic epidemiology at the University of Exeter Medical School, have also studied the genetics underlying longevity.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Also pronounced

Deep Dive

Extra meaning

The branch of science dealing with the spread and control of diseases, viruses, concepts etc. throughout populations or systems.

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Melzer and Luke C. Pilling, a research fellow in genomic epidemiology at the University of Exeter Medical School, have also studied the genetics underlying longevity.
2018 November 6, Susan Scutti, “Your Grandma may be old, but that doesn’t mean you will be, researchers say”, in CNN
In addition to new diseases, Quammen touches on many of the examples often included in standard disease ecology or epidemiology courses—for example, myxomatosis in nonnative rabbits of Australia, and mutation rates in RNA versus DNA viruses.
2013 January 26, Katie L. Burke, “Ecological Dependency”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, United States: Sigma Xi, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Feb 2017, retrieved 09 May 2013, page 64

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