prevalence
See also: prévalence
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle French prévalence.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
prevalence (countable and uncountable, plural prevalences)
- The quality or condition of being prevalent; wide extension or spread.
- (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.
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
wide extension
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number of cases compared to a total population
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See alsoEdit
Further readingEdit
- prevalence in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- prevalence in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
CzechEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
prevalence f
- (epidemiology) prevalence
- Synonym: výskyt
Related termsEdit
- See vale
Further readingEdit
- prevalence in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- prevalence in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- prevalence in Internetová jazyková příručka