The Emergence Machine

Epidemiology

abstract · Medicine · Level 7 · E10

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Emergence definition

Epidemiology is the systematic study of disease patterns and their causes in populations to understand and prevent the spread of illnesses, but a critical conceptual dependency is missing.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “epidemiology” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “epidemiology”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
epidemiology
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL7L6L5L4L3L2L1L0EpidemiologyHealthDiseaseEquilibriumOrganismBalanceCellPhysicsSystemForceFormLifeProcessActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesPublic HealthL8EpidemiologyL7DiseaseL5HealthL6E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Disease L5 (requires)
    Epidemiology: The systematic study of disease patterns and their causes in populations to understand and prevent the spread of illnesses.
  • Health L6 (requires)
    Epidemiology requires an understanding of disease as an emergent property of infection, which in turn requires the presence of health as a prerequisite.

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