epidemiology
noun
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or less commonly epidemiologic \ ˌe-pə-ˌdē-mē-ə-ˈlä-jik
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adjective
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adverb
, -ˌde-mē- \
noun
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Gregg Gonsalves: Global health advocate, assistant professor of epidemiology, Yale University. — Hannah Rodriguez, The Seattle Times, "UW researcher wins $625,000 MacArthur ‘genius grant’ for transgender youth study," 4 Oct. 2018 The study was done by the system’s then-executive medical director for clinical effectiveness in collaboration with the director of epidemiology at the University of Virginia Health System. — Lucette Lagnado, WSJ, "Hospitals Step Up the War on Superbugs," 8 Sep. 2018 Gib teaches postgraduate epidemiology at the University of New Hampshire in Manchester. — Abdi Nor Iftin, BostonGlobe.com, "From war-torn Somalia to Maine: An immigrant’s story of hope," 23 May 2018 This innovation in data visualization was heralded as a key point in the nascent field of epidemiology. — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, "Victoria (Mostly) Got It Right: The True Story of John Snow's Cholera Breakthrough," 4 Feb. 2019 We should be flooded with warnings for pregnant women about pot use, said Susan Astley, a University of Washington epidemiology professor. — Erik Lacitis, The Seattle Times, "‘Something wasn’t clicking’: WSU study shows offspring of pregnant rats exposed to THC have impaired development," 20 Nov. 2018 Outbreak investigations depend on epidemiology and interviews that track down what people ate and when. — Rachel Becker, The Verge, "Machine learning could help figure out what pooped on your produce," 12 Dec. 2018 Priya Duggal, director of the genetic epidemiology program at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, is conducting a study to see if the AFM victims share any relevant genes. — Sumathi Reddy, WSJ, "Another Burst of Polio-Like Cases in Children Alarms Doctors," 5 Nov. 2018 But nobody had taken an in-depth look at the show's epidemiology. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, "New study gives some handy tips on how to survive on Game of Thrones," 9 Dec. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'epidemiology.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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epidemiology
noun
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epidemiology
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