epidemiologistn.
/ˌɛpᵻdiːmɪˈɒlədʒɪst/, U.S. /ˌɛpəˌdimiˈɑlədʒəst/ A person who studies or is a specialist in epidemiology (see epidemiology n.).
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1853 Assoc. Med. Jrnl. 3 June 489/1 Like many other epidemiologists, Dr. Snow hurls..a stone at the quarantine system.
1883 Fortn. Rev. Aug. 181 An outbreak which epidemiologists have always been unable to explain.
1913 H. W. Hill New Public Health v. 59 The very sources of infection..cannot escape our epidemiologists armed with their modern principles.
1987 Amer. Health Nov. 49/2 Epidemiologists have found that most of America's 30 million postmenopausal women..do not experience significant psychological problems at the climacteric—but some do.
2021 Thai News Service (Nexis) 12 Aug. A leading epidemiologist and an adviser to the World Health Organization is calling for a nighttime curfew and daily testing for workers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).
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