phylodynamics

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noun

the study of genetic variation in pathogens, and the affect of such variation on their transmission etc.

OriginEnglish dynamics ← French dynamique ← Ancient Greek δυναμικός (dunamikós) →
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Meanings

nounphylodynamics (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebiologythe study of genetic variation in pathogens, and the affect of such variation on their transmission etc.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰuH-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰuHyéti
  3. Ancient Greekφύω (phúō)
  4. Ancient Greekφῦλον (phûlon)
  5. Englishphylo-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*dewh₂-
  7. Proto-Hellenic*dunamai
  8. Ancient Greekδῠ́νᾰμαι (dŭ́nămai)
  9. Ancient Greekδύναμις (dúnamis)
  10. Ancient Greekδυναμικός (dunamikós)
  11. Frenchdynamique
  12. Englishdynamic
  13. Englishdynamics
  14. Englishphylodynamics

From phylo- + dynamics.

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APA

phylodynamics. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phylodynamics

MLA

“phylodynamics.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phylodynamics. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “phylodynamics,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phylodynamics.

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