morbidity

[mawr-bid-i-tee]

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noun

a morbid state or quality.
the proportion of sickness or of a specific disease in a geographical locality.

Origin of morbidity

First recorded in 1715–25; morbid + -ity

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Examples from the Web for morbidity

Contemporary Examples

The cases share a kind of morbidity: A man, eighty, is pronounced dead after thirty minutes of CPR.
Real Life Lazarus: When Patients Rise From the Dead
Sandeep Jauhar
August 21, 2014
I do agree that mortality isn't everything; morbidity (poor health) matters too.
Rethinking Thin
Megan McArdle
January 10, 2013

Historical Examples

Morbidity and immorality are as natural as health and purity.
The Crack of Doom
Robert Cromie
Here conscience was overdoing its part, and passing from scrupulousness to morbidity.
Double Harness
Anthony Hope
The thought embodied in it, though tinged with morbidity, striking and matured.
Regiment of Women
Clemence Dane
I've never laughed at morbidity, or nerves, or insanity since.
Fortitude
Hugh Walpole
With any recovery from morbidity there must go a certain healthy humiliation.
A Chesterton Calendar
G. K. Chesterton

British Dictionary definitions for morbidity

morbidity

noun

the state of being morbid
Also: morbidity rate the relative incidence of a particular disease in a specific locality

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Word Origin and History for morbidity

n.

1721, from morbid + -ity.

morbidity in Medicine

morbidity

(môr-bĭd′ĭ-tē)

The quality of being morbid.
A diseased state.
The incidence or prevalence of a disease.
Morbidity rate.

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Examples from the Web for morbidity

Contemporary Examples

The cases share a kind of morbidity: A man, eighty, is pronounced dead after thirty minutes of CPR.

I do agree that mortality isn't everything; morbidity (poor health) matters too.

Historical Examples

Morbidity and immorality are as natural as health and purity.

Here conscience was overdoing its part, and passing from scrupulousness to morbidity.

The thought embodied in it, though tinged with morbidity, striking and matured.

I've never laughed at morbidity, or nerves, or insanity since.

With any recovery from morbidity there must go a certain healthy humiliation.

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Word Origin and History for morbidity

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Origin of morbidity