NOUN | cognition | epidemiology | the branch of medical science dealing with the transmission and control of disease |
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Sounds | eh.pahdeh.miyaa'lahjhiy | |
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Rhymes | Agee ... zoology: 128 rhymes with jhiy... |
Meaning | The branch of medical science dealing with the transmission and control of disease. | |
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Category of | 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 | |
Broader | medicine, medical specialty | The branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques |
Spanish | epidemiología | |
Catalan | epidemiologia | |
Adjectives | epidemiologic, epidemiological | of or relating to epidemiology |
Nouns | epidemiologist | a medical scientist who studies the transmission and control of epidemic diseases |
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