mortality
n.
state of having a limited life span; rate of death
Mortality
mortality
Noun
1. the quality or state of being mortal
(antonym) immortality
(hypernym) impermanence, impermanency
2. the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year
(synonym) deathrate, death rate, morbidity, mortality rate, fatality rate
(hypernym) rate
(hyponym) infant deathrate, infant mortality, infant mortality rate
Mortality
(n.)
Those who are, or that which is, mortal; the human cace; humanity; human nature.
(n.)
The whole sum or number of deaths in a given time or a given community; also, the proportion of deaths to population, or to a specific number of the population; death rate; as, a time of great, or low, mortality; the mortality among the settlers was alarming.
(n.)
The condition or quality of being mortal; subjection to death or to the necessity of dying.
(n.)
Human life; the life of a mortal being.
(n.)
Death; destruction.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Mortality
Death rate.