| Definition of 'prevalence' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) prevalence
the quality of prevailing generally; being widespread
"he was surprised by the prevalence of optimism about the future"
2. (noun) prevalence
(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
3. (noun) preponderance, prevalence
a superiority in numbers or amount
"a preponderance of evidence against the defendant"
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| Definition of 'prevalence' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) prevalence
the quality or condition of being prevalent; superior strength, force, or influence; general existence, reception, or practice; wide extension; as, the prevalence of virtue, of a fashion, or of a disease; the prevalence of a rumor
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| Definition of 'prevalence' |
U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. prevalence
The total number of cases of a given disease in a specified population at a designated time. It is differentiated from INCIDENCE, which refers to the number of new cases in the population at a given time.
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Sense: common; widespread
Lung diseases used to be prevalent among miners.
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 Afrikaans: veelvoorkomendheid |
 Arabic: إنْتِشار، شُيوع |
 Bulgarian: преобладаване |
 Brazilian: predominância |
 Czech: převaha |
 German: das Vorherrschen |
 Danish: udbredelse; almindelig fo |
 Greek: διάδοση, γενίκευση |
 Spanish: predominancia |
 Estonian: ülekaalus olek |
 Farsi: شیوع؛ رواج |
 Finnish: vallitsevuus |
 French: prédominance |
 Hebrew: נְפִיצוּת |
 Hindi: प्रचलन, प्रचार, व्यापकता |
 Croatian: prevladavanje, nadmoć |
 Hungarian: elterjedtség |
 Indonesian: kelaziman |
 Icelandic: útbreiðsla |
 Italian: prevalenza |
 Japanese: 普及 |
 Korean: 널리 퍼져 있음 |
 Lithuanian: paplitimas, vyravimas |
 Latvian: izplatība; pārsvars |
 Malay: tersebar luas |
 Dutch: het wijd verspreid zijn |
 Norwegian: vanlig forekomst, utbrede |
 Polish: przewaga |
 Persian: شیوع؛ رواج |
 Pashto: شيوع، رواج |
 Portuguese: predominância |
 Romanian: răspândire; predominar |
 Russian: распространённость |
 Slovak: prevaha |
 Slovenian: razširjenost |
 Serbian: rasprostranjenost |
 Swedish: allmän förekomst, utbredn |
 Thai: ความแพร่หลาย |
 Turkish: yaygınlık, geçerlilik |
 Taiwanese: 流行 |
 Ukrainian: поширення; панування |
 Urdu: غلبہ |
 Vietnamese: sự phổ biến |
 Chinese: 流行 |
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