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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.
Exact synonyms: Morbidness, Unwholesomeness
Generic synonyms: Quality
Specialized synonyms: Harmfulness, Noisomeness, Noxiousness, Perniciousness, Toxicity, Deadliness, Lethality, Jejuneness, Jejunity, Putrescence, Rottenness, Unhealthfulness
Derivative terms: Morbid, Morbid, Unwholesome
Antonyms: Wholesomeness
Generic synonyms: Quality
Specialized synonyms: Harmfulness, Noisomeness, Noxiousness, Perniciousness, Toxicity, Deadliness, Lethality, Jejuneness, Jejunity, Putrescence, Rottenness, Unhealthfulness
Derivative terms: Morbid, Morbid, Unwholesome
Antonyms: Wholesomeness
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)