mortality
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ɪ noun, plural mor·tal·i·ties.
2.
the relative frequency of deaths in a specific population; death rate.
3.
mortal beings collectively; humanity.
4.
death or destruction on a large scale, as from war, plague, or famine.
5.
Obsolete, death.
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| —n , pl -ties | |
| 1. | the condition of being mortal |
| 2. | great loss of life, as in war or disaster |
| 3. | the number of deaths in a given period |
| 4. | mankind; humanity |
| 5. | an obsolete word for death |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
mortality
mid-14c., "condition of being mortal," from Fr. mortalité (12c.), from L. mortalitem, from mortalis (see mortal). Meaning "widespread death" is from c.1400; meaning "number of deaths from some cause or in a given period" is from 1640s.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
mortality mor·tal·i·ty (môr-tāl'ĭ-tē)
n.
The quality or condition of being mortal.
Death rate.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia
mortality
in demographic usage, the frequency of death in a population
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Example sentences
The general announcement traditionally comes with the birth itself, sadly because of the high mortality rates of old.
Now two actuaries have diverted their attention from falling mortality rates to devise a system that eliminates this perversity.
The writer realized that in the extinction of any species there was a guarantee of our own mortality.
If you take it far enough, the personal threats of aging and mortality provide the starkest call among human females to reproduce.
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