SCXT 320 Science and Racial Prejudice
1 : a branch of medical science that deals with the incidence, distribution, and control of disease in a population
2 : the sum of the factors controlling the presence or absence of a disease or pathogen
eti·ol·o·gy
1 : CAUSE, ORIGIN; specifically : all of the causes of a disease or abnormal condition
2 : a branch of knowledge concerned with causes; specifically : a branch of medical science concerned with the causes and origins of diseases study of the origins of illnesses.