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Definition of 'morbidity'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) morbidity
a morbid state or quality.

2. morbidity
the proportion of a specific disease in a geographical locality.

Etymology: (1715–25)

Definition of 'morbidity'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) morbidity
the relative incidence of a particular disease

2. (noun) morbidity, morbidness
an abnormally gloomy or unhealthy state of mind
"his fear of being alone verges on morbidity"

3. (noun) unwholesomeness, morbidness, morbidity
the quality of being unhealthful and generally bad for you

Definition of 'morbidity'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) morbidity
the quality or state of being morbid

2. (noun) morbidity
morbid quality; disease; sickness

3. (noun) morbidity
amount of disease; sick rate

Definition of 'morbidity'

U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. morbidity
The proportion of patients with a particular disease during a given year per given unit of population.

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