Meaning of hypermorbidity | Babel Free

Definitions

Markedly high morbidity (illness), more than what might otherwise be expected (in any given disease or state of health).

uncountable

Examples

“Hypermorbidity in respiratory symptoms among smokers in the population sample is in good agreement with other reports. The fact that this hypermorbidity was found also among smokers in smoking-discordant monozygotic twin pairs by use of the twin-control method speaks in favor of a causal interpretation. The hypermorbidity in "angina pectoris" among smokers in the population sample of firstborn twins is of the same order of magnitude as in other reports in regard to hypermortality—hypermorbidity investigations being sparse and not unanimous.”

“The hypermorbidity of smokers causes an extra need for medical care.”

“Brieger et al. (1954) reported hypermortality and hypermorbidity among workers in an abrasive industry.”

CEFR level