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Words related to prevalence
prev·a·lence
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epidemic
A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time. -
epidemiology
The branch of medicine that deals with the incidence, distribution, and possible control of diseases and other factors relating to health. -
fog forest
the thick forest growth at fairly high elevations on tropical mountains, where there is a prevalence of clouds, high humidity, and mild temperature. -
gavotte
an old French dance in moderately quick quadruple meter. -
monopolism
the existence or prevalence of monopolies. -
polysynthetic
(of a language) characterized by a prevalence of relatively long words containing a large number of affixes to express syntactic relationships and meanings. Many American Indian languages are polysynthetic. Compare analytic (def 3), synthetic (def 3).