MORBIDITY

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morbidity
n. unhealthiness; state of being diseased; gloominess, depression; state of being gruesome or repugnant


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Morbidity
In medicineepidemiology and actuarial science, the term morbidity can refer tothe state of being diseased (from Latin morbidus: sick, unhealthy),the degree or severity of a disease,the prevalence of a disease: the total number of cases in a particular population at a particular point in time,the incidence of a disease: the number of new cases in a particular population during a particular time interval.disability irrespective of cause (e.g., disability caused by accidents).
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morbidity
Noun
1. the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year
(synonym) deathrate, death rate, mortality, mortality rate, fatality rate
(hypernym) rate
(hyponym) infant deathrate, infant mortality, infant mortality rate
2. the relative incidence of a particular disease
(hypernym) incidence, relative incidence
3. the quality of being unhealthful and generally bad for you
(synonym) unwholesomeness, morbidness
(hypernym) quality
(hyponym) harmfulness, noisomeness, noxiousness


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Morbidity
(n.)
The quality or state of being morbid.
  
 
(n.)
Morbid quality; disease; sickness.
  
 
(n.)
Amount of disease; sick rate.
  

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Morbidity
Illness, disease.

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