morbidity

mor·bid·i·ty  (môr-bd-t)

n. pl. mor·bid·i·ties

1. The quality of being morbid; morbidness.

2. The rate of incidence of a disease.

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morbidity [mɔːˈbɪdɪtɪ]

n

1. the state of being morbid

2. (Medicine / Pathology) Also called morbidity rate the relative incidence of a particular disease in a specific locality

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morbidity

the state or quality of being excessively gloomy. — morbid, adj.

See also: Attitudes

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the state or quality of being excessively gloomy. — morbid, adj.

See also: Moods

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	morbidity - the relative incidence of a particular disease incidence, relative incidence - the relative frequency of occurrence of something
	2.	morbidity - an abnormally gloomy or unhealthy state of mind; "his fear of being alone verges on morbidity" morbidness cognitive state, state of mind - the state of a person's cognitive processes
	3.	morbidity - the quality of being unhealthful and generally bad for you unwholesomeness, morbidness quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare noisomeness, noxiousness, harmfulness - the quality of being noxious perniciousness, toxicity - grave harmfulness or deadliness deadliness, lethality - the quality of being deadly jejunity, jejuneness - quality of lacking nutritive value putrescence, rottenness - the quality of rotting and becoming putrid unhealthfulness - the quality of promoting poor health

Translations

morbidity [mɔːˈbɪdɪtɪ] N & N

1. (= perverseness) → morbosidad f, lo malsano

2. (Med) → morbosidad f

morbidity

n

(of idea, thought, jealousy, curiosity etc) → Krankhaftigkeit f; (of interest, attitude) → Unnatürlichkeit f; (of sense of humour, talk) → Düsterkeit f; (of novel, music) → Morbidität f; (of person) → Trübsinn m; (of poet etc) → Hang m → zu düsteren Gedanken, Morbidität f; (= gloominess) → Morbidität f

(Med) → Morbidität f; (of growth) → Krankhaftigkeit f