传染病学

傳染病學
chuánrǎnbìngxué
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 epidemiology (the study of infectious diseases - their spread, control, and prevention)

Examples

HSK 4
Tā dàxué dú de shì chuánrǎnbìngxué zhuānyè.
She majored in epidemiology at university.
HSK 7-9
Xīnguān yìqíng ràng chuánrǎnbìngxué shòudào qiánsuǒwèiyǒu de guānzhù.
The COVID pandemic gave epidemiology unprecedented attention.

Tips

usage
The broader, more modern term is 流行病学 (liúxíngbìngxué, epidemiology in the population-statistics sense). 传染病学 leans toward the clinical study of specific contagious diseases; medical schools often have both as separate courses.

Stroke Order

chuán
rǎn
bìng
xué