Definition

1. Noun:
   • Epidemic: A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time. This is the core medical and general meaning.
   • (Used attributively): Pertaining to or characteristic of an epidemic. Often used in compound terms related to the study or control of diseases.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Các nhà khoa học đang nghiên cứu nguồn gốc của dịch tễ này. (Scientists are researching the origin of this epidemic.)
  • Công tác phòng chống dịch tễ là rất quan trọng. (Epidemic prevention work is very important.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "dịch tễ" is most commonly found in formal, medical, or public health contexts. In everyday conversation, the simpler word "dịch" is more frequently used to mean an epidemic or pandemic.
• It frequently serves as the root for related compound terms, rather than being used in isolation.

Variants and Related Words

• Dịch tễ học (n): Epidemiology. The branch of medicine that deals with the incidence, distribution, and control of diseases.

  • Bà ấy là một chuyên gia về dịch tễ học. (She is an expert in epidemiology.)

• Điều tra dịch tễ (n): Epidemiological investigation.

  • Điều tra dịch tễ giúp truy vết nguồn lây bệnh. (Epidemiological investigation helps trace the source of infection.)

• Dịch (n): Epidemic, pandemic. A more common and general term.

  • dịch cúm (flu epidemic)

Synonyms

• Epidemic: A widespread outbreak of an infectious disease.
• Pestilence: A fatal epidemic disease, often used in historical or literary contexts.
• Plague: A serious, rapidly spreading disease. (Note: Also the specific disease caused by ).

Related Terms and Concepts

• Bùng phát dịch (n): Disease outbreak.
• Kiểm soát dịch bệnh (n): Disease control.
• Công bố dịch (v): To declare an epidemic.

noun

1. (y học) Epidemic
   • dịch tễ học
     epidemiology