English Explanatory Dictionary

morbidity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The quality of being unhealthful or diseased, sometimes including the cause.
  2. The quality of being morbid; an attitude or state of mind marked by gloom.
  3. The incidence of a disease, as a rate of a population which is affected.
  4. An occurrence of illness or disease, or a single symptom of that illness.
  5. Adverse effects caused by a medical treatment such as surgery.
  6. The sickness rate of a population.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

morbidity morbidities

Etymology

Recorded since 1721; from morbid + -ity, from Latin morbidus (“diseased”), from morbus (“disease”), from the root of morī (“to die”) or from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to rub, pound, wear away”).

Synonyms

morbidness unwholesomeness

Related words

morbidezza morbidly morbific morbilli soreness valetudinarianism

Derived words

comorbidity cytomorbidity hypermorbidity monomorbidity morbimortality multimorbidity neuromorbidity nonmorbidity polymorbidity postmorbidity premorbidity
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