prevalence C1 Topic:Health & Medicine Also spelled prevalance US /ˈpɹɛvələns/ See IPA manual 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. Thesaurus Word family Forms prevalencesprevalency Derived forms coprevalencecoproprevalencegenoprevalenceimmunoprevalencenonprevalenceseroprevalence Related forms incidenceprevailprevalent Etymology AI details Borrowed from Middle French prévalence. Topics Health & Medicine Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 markdown