prevalence (ˈprevalence) or prevalentness (ˈprevalentness)
noun
prevalently (ˈprevalently)
adverb
Word origin
C16 (in the sense: powerful): from Latin praevalens very strong, from praevalēre: see prevail
Examples of 'prevalency' in a sentence
prevalency
The prevalency in the control group was 15% (p < 0.05).
Erica Naomi Naka, Izaias Pereira da Costa, César Augusto Brandão Arão, Cleber OliveiraSoares, Natalino Hajime Yoshinari 2008, 'Pesquisa de anticorpos anti-Borrelia e anti-Babesia em soro de crianças com manifestaçõesclínicas e epidemiologia compatíveis com a doença de Lyme-Simile no Estado de MatoGrosso do Sul Detection of anti-Borrelia and anti-Babesia antibodies in the serumof children with clinical manifestations and compatible epidemiology with Lyme-Likedisease in the State of Mato Grosso do Sul', Revista Brasileira de Reumatologiahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0482-50042008000200003. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalency of 40 variables related to this disorder.
Hamed Mortazavi, Abbas Javadzadeh, Zahra Delavarian, Zare Mahmoodabadi 2010, 'Assessment of prevalence study of 40 variables related to painful dysfunction syndromeof masticatory muscles in patients referred to faculty of dentistry in Mashhad, Northeastof Iran', Iranian Journal of Otorhinolaryngologyhttp://ijorl.mums.ac.ir/?_action=showPDF&article=396&_ob=10f4711788a386645006d7220f9fba6e&fileName=full_text.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)