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morbidity |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Morbidity \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: morbidity n 1: the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year [syn: {deathrate}, {mortality}, {mortality rate}] 2: the relative incidence of a particular disease 3: the quality of being unhealthful and generally bad for you [syn: {unwholesomeness}, {morbidness}] [ant: {wholesomeness}]
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