epidemiology

epidemiology — noun эпидемиология …   Англо-русский словарь Мюллера

epidemiology — ep i*de mi*ol o*gy, n. [Epidemy + logy.] (Med.) That branch of medicine which studies the incidence and distribution of disease in a population, and uses such information to find the causes, modes of transmission, and methods for control of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

epidemiology — 1> эпидемиология …   Новый большой англо-русский словарь

Epidemiology — For the Community episode, see Epidemiology (Community). Epidemiology is the study of health event, health characteristic, or health determinant patterns in a population. It is the cornerstone method of public health research, and helps inform… …   Wikipedia

epidemiology — epidemiological /ep i dee mee euh loj i keuhl, dem ee /, adj. epidemiologically, adv. epidemiologist, n. /ep i dee mee ol euh jee, dem ee /, n. the branch of medicine dealing with the incidence and prevalence of disease in large populations and… …   Universalium

epidemiology — ˌepɪˌdi:mɪˈɔlədʒɪ сущ. эпидемиология эпидемиология epidemiology эпидемиология …   Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь

epidemiology — noun Etymology: Late Latin epidemia + International Scientific Vocabulary logy Date: circa 1860 1. a branch of medical science that deals with the incidence, distribution, and control of disease in a population 2. the sum of the factors… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

epidemiology — n. [Gr. epi, upon; demos, the people; logos, discourse] A science that deals with all ecological aspects of disease including transmission, distribution, prevalence, and incidence …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

epidemiology — (epi de me ol o je) The study of the factors determining and influencing the frequency and distribution of disease, injury, and other health related events and their causes in defined human populations …   Dictionary of microbiology

epidemiology — сущ. соц. эпидемиология (наука о причинах и закономерностях возникновения и массового распространения определенных болезней и методах профилактики и борьбы с ними; исторически сложилась как научная дисциплина, объектом изучения которой являются… …   Англо-русский экономический словарь