morbidity
noun
a morbid state or quality.
morbidities
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pluralof morbidity.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Prof Mabbott said: "Living a lot longer, but suffering from the multiple morbidities that can accompany ageing, and in-and-out of hospital for another tissue transplant does not sound an attractive way to spend my retirement!"
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2025
This research could open new doors in understanding the deleterious processes involved in OSA-associated morbidities and formulate novel approaches aimed at reversing the multifaceted impact of OSA on health.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 3, 2024
Counties with fewer resources, limited know-how, and infrequent exposure to severe weather events are ill-equipped to record data on climate-related illness and morbidities, let alone report them to the federal government.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 6, 2023
Scientists then started looking into underlying biological mechanisms that can cause long-term psychiatric morbidities.
From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2023
She had, for him, very much the feeling that Bobby had—a sense of tolerance and even indulgence for all tempers and morosities and morbidities.
From Fortitude by Sir Hugh Walpole
