Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The quality of being morbid; morbidness.
- noun The rate of incidence of a disease.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A morbid condition or state; morbidness.
- noun The proportion of diseased persons in a community; the sick-rate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being morbid.
- noun Morbid quality; disease; sickness.
- noun Amount of disease; rate of sickness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The quality of being
unhealthful ,morbid - noun medicine The
incidence of adisease , as a rate of a population which is affected. - noun medicine, countable An occurrence of illness or disease, or a single
symptom of that illness. - noun medicine, countable Adverse effects caused by a medical treatment such as surgery.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an abnormally gloomy or unhealthy state of mind
- noun the relative incidence of a particular disease
- noun the quality of being unhealthful and generally bad for you
Etymologies
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Examples
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The stability of a child's early life has profound effects on physical and mental health, and unstable parent-child relationships, as well as abuse, can lead to behavioral disorders and increased mortality and morbidity from a wide variety of common diseases later in life.
A California Ruling 2009
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Otto S, Mahner B, Kadow I, et al. General non-specific morbidity is reduced after vaccination within the third month of life — the Greifswald study.
Vaccine Safety FAQs 2008
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However, even after controlling for such behavior and other health-related factors, the improvements in morbidity and mortality rates exceeded expectations.
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Otto S, Mahner B, Kadow I, et al. General non-specific morbidity is reduced after vaccination within the third month of life — the Greifswald study.
Vaccine Safety FAQs 2008
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Befitting her age, Gardam more than teases at infirmity and death, but the prospect of morbidity is never morbid.
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However, even after controlling for such behavior and other health-related factors, the improvements in morbidity and mortality rates exceeded expectations.
Attending Religious Services Sharply Cuts Risk Of Death 2008
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And yet, Justice Kennedy suggests, and many here seem to agree, that future problematic psychological morbidity is sufficient reason to ban a certain physical procedure which is often safer for the patient.
Balkinization 2007
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And yet, Justice Kennedy suggests, and many here seem to agree, that future problematic psychological morbidity is sufficient reason to ban a certain physical procedure which is often safer for the patient.
Balkinization 2007
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And yet, Justice Kennedy suggests, and many here seem to agree, that future problematic psychological morbidity is sufficient reason to ban a certain physical procedure which is often safer for the patient.
Balkinization 2007
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And yet, Justice Kennedy suggests, and many here seem to agree, that future problematic psychological morbidity is sufficient reason to ban a certain physical procedure which is often safer for the patient.
Balkinization 2007
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