Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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prevalence | Yes | No | No | No |
ratio | Yes | No | No | No |
prevalence (noun) | ratio (noun) |
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the quality of prevailing generally; being widespread | the relation between things (or parts of things) with respect to their comparative quantity, magnitude, or degree |
a superiority in numbers or amount | the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient) |
(epidemiology) the ratio (for a given time period) of the number of occurrences of a disease or event to the number of units at risk in the population |