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moribund |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Moribund \Mor"i*bund\, a. [L. moribundus from moriri to die. See {Mortal}.] In a dying state; dying; at the point of death. The patient was comatose and moribund. --Copland. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Moribund \Mor"i*bund\, n. A dying person. [R.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: moribund adj 1: not growing or changing; without force or vitality [syn: {stagnant}] 2: on the point of death; breathing your last "a moribund patient"; "the expiring man was carried home by his two friends" [syn: {expiring(a)}]
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