morbidity
noun 5
Definitions
noun
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.
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.
3
The incidence of a disease, as a rate of a population which is affected.
4
An occurrence of illness or disease, or a single symptom of that illness.
5
Adverse effects caused by a medical treatment such as surgery.
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