Associations to the word «Prevalence»
Noun
- Cant
- Determinant
- Patient
- Mutation
- Nutrition
- Disparity
- Antibody
- Specificity
- Sanitation
- Prognosis
- Risk
- Symptom
- Prostitution
- Defi
- Pregnancy
- Screening
- Bray
- Violence
- Sclerosis
- Cholera
- Susceptibility
- Aging
- Illness
- Alcoholism
- Puberty
- Questionnaire
- Factor
- Serum
- Westerly
- Genetic
- Baseline
- Ulcer
- Pathogen
- Outpatient
- Vitamin
- Anxiety
- Positive
- Increase
- Depression
- Sickle
- Infant
- Intake
- Cholesterol
- Meta
- Decrease
- Phenotype
- Dependence
- Trend
- Addiction
- Neglect
- Criterion
- Stigma
- Population
- Indicator
- Bias
- Psychiatry
- Discrepancy
- Diarrhea
- Delirium
- Proportion
- Variability
- Dren
Adjective
Wiktionary
PREVALENCE, noun. The quality or condition of being prevalent; wide extension.
PREVALENCE, noun. (epidemiology) The total number of cases of a disease in a given statistical population at a given time, divided by the number of individuals in that population.
Dictionary definition
PREVALENCE, noun. The quality of prevailing generally; being widespread; "he was surprised by the prevalence of optimism about the future".
PREVALENCE, noun. (epidemiology) the ratio (for a given time period) of the number of occurrences of a disease or event to the number of units at risk in the population.
PREVALENCE, noun. A superiority in numbers or amount; "a preponderance of evidence against the defendant".
Wise words
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