Definitions for: Morbidity


[n] the quality of being unhealthful and generally bad for you
[n] the relative incidence of a particular disease
[n] the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year



Webster (1913) Definition: Mor*bid"i*ty, n.
1. The quality or state of being morbid.

2. Morbid quality; disease; sickness. --C. Kingsley.

3. Amount of disease; sick rate.

Synonyms: death rate, deathrate, fatality rate, morbidness, mortality, mortality rate, unwholesomeness

Antonyms: wholesomeness

See Also: deadliness, harmfulness, incidence, infant deathrate, infant mortality, infant mortality rate, jejuneness, jejunity, lethality, neonatal mortality, neonatal mortality rate, noisomeness, noxiousness, perniciousness, putrescence, quality, rate, relative incidence, rottenness, toxicity, unhealthfulness

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