Morbidity

Definitions

1. The quality of being unhealthful or diseased, sometimes including the cause.
   countable, uncountable
2. The quality of being morbid; an attitude or state of mind marked by gloom.
   countable, uncountable
3. The incidence of a disease, as a rate of a population which is affected.
   countable, uncountable
4. An occurrence of illness or disease, or a single symptom of that illness.
   countable
5. Adverse effects caused by a medical treatment such as surgery.
   countable
6. The sickness rate of a population.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“He taught him how to be superior to human foibles and how to give⟳ a godlike laugh⟳ at himself as a way of fending off morbidity. He did all the things for him that a woman is grateful for, except that Magnus is a man.”

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