Epidemiology Slides and Roots Quiz

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What is the meaning of the Greek root 'epi' in epidemiology?

  • Near, at, or against
  • A township or division
  • To divide
  • Over, on (correct)

What is the study of epidemiology primarily concerned with?

  • History of diseases
  • Genetic factors of diseases
  • Treatment of individual patients
  • Cause, distribution, and control of disease in populations (correct)

What is the Indo-European root 'da' associated with in epidemiology?

  • 'To collect'
  • 'To divide' (correct)
  • 'Near, at, or against'
  • 'Speak, word, or reason'

What does the term 'epidemic' mean?

<p>'All over the people' (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Lilienfeld, what is epidemiology primarily concerned with?

<p>'The study of the distribution of a disease or a physiological condition in human populations and of the factors that influence this distribution' (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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