epidemiology
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1. the branch of medical science dealing with the transmission and control of disease (noun.cognition)
| hypernym | : | medical specialty, medicine, |
| definition | : | the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | index case, |
| definition | : | the earliest documented case of a disease that is included in an epidemiological study (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | prevalence, |
| definition | : | (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 (noun.linkdef) |
| derivation | : | epidemiologist, |
| definition | : | a medical scientist who studies the transmission and control of epidemic diseases (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | epidemiologist, |
| definition | : | a medical scientist who studies the transmission and control of epidemic diseases (noun.person) |
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