Taber's Medical Dictionary
prevalence
(prev′ă-lĕns )
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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, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749386/all/prevalence.
Prevalence. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749386/all/prevalence. Accessed May 13, 2026.
Prevalence. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749386/all/prevalence
Prevalence [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 May 13]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749386/all/prevalence.
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