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morbidity

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mor⋅bid⋅i⋅ty

  [mawr-bid-i-tee]
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–noun
1. a morbid state or quality.
2. the proportion of sickness or of a specific disease in a geographical locality.
Origin:
1715–25; morbid + -ity
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mor·bid·i·ty   (môr-bĭd'ĭ-tē)   
n.   pl. mor·bid·i·ties

  1. The quality of being morbid; morbidness.

  2. The rate of incidence of a disease.

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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: mor·bid·i·ty
Pronunciation: mor-'bid-&t-E
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -ties
1 : adiseased state or symptom morbidity —Journal of the American Medical Association>
2 : the incidence of disease : the rate of sickness (as in a specified community or group) morbidity has been rising—Time> —compare MORTALITY 2
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morbidity mor·bid·i·ty (mōr-bĭd'ĭ-tē)
n.

  1. The quality of being morbid.

  2. A diseased state.

  3. The incidence or prevalence of a disease.

  4. Morbidity rate.

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