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Noun: epidemiology  `e-pi`dee-mee'ó-lu-jee
  1. The branch of medical science dealing with the transmission and control of disease

Derived forms: epidemiologies

See also: epidemiologic, epidemiologist

Type of: medical specialty, medicine

Encyclopedia: Epidemiology Epidemiology, molecular