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epidemology

epidemology is the misspelling of epidemiology.

Meaning of epidemiology

Noun

epidemiology (usually uncountable, plural epidemiologies)

  1. (usually) The branch of science dealing with the spread and control of diseases, viruses, concepts etc. throughout populations or systems.
    • 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, 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...
  2. (usually) The epidemiological body of knowledge about a particular thing.

Questions about epidemology

What is epidemology the misspelling of?
Epidemology is the misspelling of epidemiology.

Words near epidemology in the dictionary

  1. epidemiologist
  2. epidemiologists
  3. epidemiology
  4. epidemization
  5. epidemize
  6. epidemology
  7. epidemy
  8. epidendroid
  9. epidendroids
  10. epidendrum
  11. epidendrums

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