prevalence
The quality or condition of being prevalent; wide extension or spread.
Other meanings
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 words
- coprevalence
- coproprevalence
- genoprevalence
- immunoprevalence
- nonprevalence
- seroprevalence
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