prevalence
(prev′ă-lĕns)
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[L. praevalens, prevail]
The number of cases of a disease present in a specified population at a given time.
SEE: incidence
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Prevalence." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749386/all/prevalence.
Prevalence. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749386/all/prevalence. Accessed March 29, 2024.
Prevalence. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749386/all/prevalence
Prevalence [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 March 29]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749386/all/prevalence.
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