morbific
Definitions
- That causes disease; sickening, pathogenic.
- Pertaining to or caused by disease; diseased.
Examples
“He accepted that the body was a machine, mathematically understandable, but disease was the effort by nature or the soul to expel morbific matter⟳, and physiology was the science of that struggle⟳.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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