Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

seroprevalence

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.55 in modern English

Syllables: sero-preva-lence
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The rate of seropositivity in a population; the proportion of a population whose blood serum tests positive for a given pathogen, especially HIV.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ser- Proto-Indo-European *sér-o-der. Proto-Italic *serom Latin serumder. English serum English sero- English prevalence English seroprevalence From sero- + prevalence.

Usage

Inflected Forms

seroprevalences (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

seroprevalent

Questions

What does seroprevalence mean?: The rate of seropositivity in a population; the proportion of a population whose blood serum tests positive for a given pathogen, especially HIV.
Where does seroprevalence come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ser- Proto-Indo-European *sér-o-der. Proto-Italic *serom Latin serumder. English serum English sero- English prevalence English seroprevalence From sero- + prevalence.

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