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Definition of Morbidity

1. Noun. The relative incidence of a particular disease.

2. Noun. An abnormally gloomy or unhealthy state of mind. "His fear of being alone verges on morbidity"

3. Noun. The quality of being unhealthful and generally bad for you.

Definition of Morbidity

1. n. The quality or state of being morbid.

Definition of Morbidity

1. Noun. The quality of being unhealthful, morbid ¹

2. Noun. (medicine) The incidence of a disease, as a rate of a population which is affected. ¹

3. Noun. (medicine countable) An occurrence of illness or disease, or a single symptom of that illness. ¹

4. Noun. (medicine countable) Adverse effects caused by a medical treatment such as surgery. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Morbidity

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Medical Definition of Morbidity

1. A diseased condition or state, the incidence of a disease or of all diseases in a population. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Morbidity

moraxella moraxella (branhamella) catarrhalis moraxella (moraxella) bovis moray moray eel moray eels morays morbid morbid impulse morbid obesity

morbid thirst morbider morbidest morbidezza morbidities morbidity (current term) morbidity rate morbidly morbidly obese morbidness

morbidnesses morbific morbifical morbifically morbifick morbigenous morbility morbilli morbilliform morbilliviral

Literary usage of Morbidity

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Preventive Medicine and Hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau, George Chandler Whipple, John William Trask, Thomas William Salmon (1921)
"morbidity STATISTICS morbidity statistics are the statistics of sickness and disease. They show the occurrence of diseases and their relative prevalence in ..."

2. Income and Nutritional Effects of the Commercialization of Agriculture in by Eileen T. Kennedy, Bruce Cogill (1987)
"morbidity PATTERNS OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN The sugarcane scheme is one form of ... For both women and children, morbidity tends to be highest in round 1, ..."

3. The Practice of Obstetrics: Designed for the Use of Students and by James Clifton Edgar (1916)
"morbidity IN THE PUERPERIUM. Since the general adoption of asepsis and antisepsis by obstetricians,severe puerperal morbidity has become of too infrequent ..."

4. Austria by Christopher Prinz, Gudrun Biffl (2005)
"morbidity rate of employed and unemployed by gender, Austria, ... The rise in the average morbidity rate of the unemployed may be attributed to the rising ..."

5. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings ... Annual Forum by National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, Conference of Charities (U.S., Conference of Charities (U.S.), National Conference of Social Work (U.S. (1914)
"morbidity statistics are the statistics of sickness and disease. They show the occurrence of diseases and their relative prevalence in different localities ..."

6. Preventing Tobacco Use Among Young People: A Report of the Surgeon General by M. Joycelyn Elders (1997)
"Respiratory morbidity In adults, smoking is associated with increased morbidity, as indexed by such measures as use of outpatient medical services and ..."

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