prevalence

C1 Topic:Health & Medicine

Also spelled prevalance

US /ˈpɹɛvələns/ See IPA manual

noun Freq #78327

Meanings

1

noun
The fact of being widespread or common.

The study examined the prevalence of smartphones among teenagers.
2

noun
(medicine) The proportion of a population that has a particular disease at a given time.

Researchers measured the prevalence of diabetes in the region.

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Forms prevalencesprevalency

Derived forms coprevalencecoproprevalencegenoprevalenceimmunoprevalencenonprevalenceseroprevalence

Related forms incidence prevail prevalent

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French prévalence.

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Health & Medicine Word Formation & Derivatives

# prevalence

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ˈpɹɛvələns
**Frequency rank:** 78327

## Meanings
1. The fact of being widespread or common.
2. (medicine) The proportion of a population that has a particular disease at a given time.

## Examples
- The study examined the prevalence of smartphones among teenagers.
- Researchers measured the prevalence of diabetes in the region.

## Derived Forms
- coprevalence
- coproprevalence
- genoprevalence
- immunoprevalence
- nonprevalence
- seroprevalence

## Related Forms
- incidence
- prevail
- prevalent

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French prévalence.

## AI Etymology
Prevalence is borrowed from Middle French prévalence. The surrounding word family includes derived forms such as coprevalence, coproprevalence, genoprevalence, and immunoprevalence and related forms such as incidence, prevail, and prevalent. In present use it covers the fact of being widespread or common and (medicine) The proportion of a population that has a particular disease at a given time.

## Topics
- Health & Medicine
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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