Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

epidemiology

/ˌɛpɪˌdimiˈɑləd͡ʒi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.30 in modern English

Syllables: epi-demi-ol-o-gy
IPA: /ˌɛpɪˌdimiˈɑləd͡ʒi/

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

7

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The branch of science dealing with the spread and control of diseases, viruses, concepts etc. throughout populations or systems.

Uncountable

noun

The epidemiological body of knowledge about a particular thing.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."
"Melzer and Luke C. Pilling, a research fellow in genomic epidemiology at the University of Exeter Medical School, have also studied the genetics underlying longevity."

Etymology

From Late Latin epidemia + -logy. See epidemic for more.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: epidemia
Suffix: -logy

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌɛpɪˌdimiˈɑləd͡ʒi/
British English: /ˌɛpɪdiːmiˈɒləd͡ʒi/

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

epidemiologies (plural)

Derived Forms

ecoepidemiology epidemiologic epidemiological epidemiologically epidemiologist geoepidemiology immunoepidemiology macroepidemiology microepidemiology neuroepidemiology palaeoepidemiology paleoepidemiology

Frequently Paired Words

epidemic

Rhymes With

technology psychology biology ideology theology methodology sociology geology ecology terminology anthropology physiology

Questions

How do you pronounce epidemiology?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɛpɪˌdimiˈɑləd͡ʒi/.
What does epidemiology mean?: The branch of science dealing with the spread and control of diseases, viruses, concepts etc. throughout populations or systems.
Where does epidemiology come from?: From Late Latin epidemia + -logy. See epidemic for more.

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