relating to the branch of medicine which deals with the incidence, distribution, and control of diseases. "epidemiological studies of the effect of pesticides on humans"
adjective [原级]流行病学的;传染病学的
The pathogenic potential of Blastocystis hominis is still controversial because many epidemiologic and experimental animal studies gave quite different conclusions. 人芽囊原虫是否具有致病性一直颇有争议,因为很多流行病学研究和实验动物研究得出了矛盾的结论。