noun
- the branch of medicine dealing with the incidence and prevalence of disease in large populations and with detection of the source and cause of epidemics of infectious disease.
noun
- the branch of medical science concerned with the occurrence, transmission, and control of epidemic diseases
“study of epidemics,” 1873, from Greek epidemios “epidemic” (see epidemic) + -logy. Related: Epidemiological; epidemiologist.
n.
- The branch of medicine that deals with the study of the causes, distribution, and control of disease in populations.
- The scientific study of the causes, distribution, and control of disease in populations.