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INCIDENCE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The striking of a light beam on a surface

Example:

he measured the angle of incidence of the reflected light

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("incidence" is a kind of...):

optical phenomenon (a physical phenomenon related to or involving light)

Derivation:

incident (falling or striking of light rays on something)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The relative frequency of occurrence of something

Synonyms:

incidence; relative incidence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Hypernyms ("incidence" is a kind of...):

frequency; relative frequency (the ratio of the number of observations in a statistical category to the total number of observations)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "incidence"):

morbidity (the relative incidence of a particular disease)

Credits

 Context examples: 

The NCI Cancer Centers Program comprises more than 50 NCI-designated cancer centers engaged in multidisciplinary research to reduce cancer incidence, morbidity and mortality.

(National Cancer Institute Cancer Centers Program, NCI Thesaurus)

The symptoms are generally the same with those of immunoglobulin-secreting myeloma; however, the incidence of renal insufficiency is lower in non-secretory myeloma.

(Non-Secretory Myeloma, NCI Thesaurus)

Study of the effects of nutrition on disease incidence and outbreaks.

(Nutritional Epidemiology, NCI Thesaurus)

Compared to unfractionated heparins, the use of bemiparin is associated with lower incidences of major bleeding, osteoporosis, and heparin-induced thrombocytopenia.

(Bemiparin Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)

There is an increased incidence of benign lymphoepithelial lesions in HIV-positive patients.

(Benign Lymphoepithelial Lesion of the Salivary Gland, NCI Thesaurus)

So they can enter the bloodstream and may increase the incidence of respiratory and cardiovascular problems.

(Ethanol to gasoline switch raises nanoparticles in air, SciDev.Net)

High incidence of retinal degeneration in animals over 10 months (von Sallman and Grimes 1972, 1974).

(OM, Rat Strain, NCI Thesaurus)

People with the highest level of adipsin had more than a 50% reduction in diabetes incidence compared with people with the lowest level of adipsin.

(New Potential Approach Found to Type 2 Diabetes Treatment, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The peak incidence is in the sixth and seven decades.

(Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

These usually occur after puberty and increase in incidence with advancing age.

(Choroid Neoplasm, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)