transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌe-pə-ˌdē-mē-ˈä-lə-jē, -ˌde-mē- ]
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 controlling the presence or absence of a disease or pathogen
• ep·i·de·mi·o·log·i·cal -ˌdē-mē-ə-ˈlä-ji-kəl, -ˌde-mē- also ep·i·de·mi·o·log·ic -jik adjective
• ep·i·de·mi·o·log·i·cal·ly -ji-k(ə-)lē adverb
• ep·i·de·mi·ol·o·gist -ˌdē-mē-ˈä-lə-jist, -ˌde-mē- noun