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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