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epidemiological

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to epidemiology.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

of or relating to epidemiology

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • epidemiological studies

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: epidemiologic

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English epidemiology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English epidemiological From epidemiology + -ical.

Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: epidemioloji — of or pertaining to epidemiology
  • Basque: epidemiologiko — of or pertaining to epidemiology
  • Belarusian: эпідэміялагі́чны (epidemijalahíčny) — of or pertaining to epidemiology
  • Catalan: epidemiològic — of or pertaining to epidemiology
  • Czech: epidemiologický — of or pertaining to epidemiology
  • Danish: epidemiologisk — of or pertaining to epidemiology
  • Dutch: epidemiologisch — of or pertaining to epidemiology
  • Finnish: epidemiologinen — of or pertaining to epidemiology
  • French: épidémiologique — of or pertaining to epidemiology
  • Galician: epidemiolóxico — of or pertaining to epidemiology
  • German: epidemiologisch — of or pertaining to epidemiology
  • Hungarian: epidemiológiai — of or pertaining to epidemiology
  • Hungarian: járványtani — of or pertaining to epidemiology
  • Interlingua: epidemiologic — of or pertaining to epidemiology
  • Italian: epidemiologico — of or pertaining to epidemiology
  • Polish: epidemiologiczny — of or pertaining to epidemiology
  • Portuguese: epidemiológico — of or pertaining to epidemiology
  • Russian: эпидемиологѝческий (epidemiologìčeskij) — of or pertaining to epidemiology
  • Slovak: epidemiologický — of or pertaining to epidemiology
  • Spanish: epidemiológico — of or pertaining to epidemiology
  • Ukrainian: епідеміологі́чний (epidemiolohíčnyj) — of or pertaining to epidemiology
  • Yiddish: עפּידעמיאָלאָגיש (epidemyologish) — of or pertaining to epidemiology