morbidity

CEFRC1

/mɔˈrbɪdəti/

noun

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  1. 01

    noun

    The condition of being diseased or unhealthy.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    The incidence of a disease, as a rate of a population which is affected.

Examples

  • The doctor studied the morbidity rates of the disease.

  • The medical researchers tracked the disease morbidity rates.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

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Synonyms
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Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The quality of being unhealthful or diseased, sometimes including the cause.

  2. The quality of being morbid; an attitude or state of mind marked by gloom.

  3. An occurrence of illness or disease, or a single symptom of that illness.

More examples

In context

  • The morbidity of the patient was a concern.

  • 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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Origin

noun

Recorded since 1721; from morbid + -ity, from Latin morbidus (“diseased”), from morbus (“disease”), from the root of morī (“to die”) or from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to rub, pound, wear away”).