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Webster 1913 Edition

Morbidity

Mor-bid′i-ty

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Noun.

1.

The quality or state of being morbid.

2.

Morbid quality; disease; sickness.

C. Kingsley.

3.

Amount of disease; rate of sickness.

Definition 2024

morbidity

morbidity

English

Noun

morbidity ‎(countable and uncountable, plural morbidities)

The quality of being unhealthful, morbid, sometimes including the cause.
(medicine) The incidence of a disease, as a rate of a population which is affected.
(medicine, countable) An occurrence of illness or disease, or a single symptom of that illness.
(medicine, countable) Adverse effects caused by a medical treatment such as surgery.

Synonyms

Derived terms

comorbidity

Related terms

Translations

The quality of being unhealthful, morbid; morbidness

Azeri: xəstəlik (az)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 病态 (zh)

Dutch: morbiditeit (nl), ziekelijkheid (nl)
Finnish: sairaalloisuus (fi)
Georgian: ავადობის ‎(avadobis)
Greek: νοσηρός (el) m ‎(nosirós)

The incidence of a disease as a rate

Chinese:
Mandarin: 发病率 (zh)

Dutch: morbiditeit (nl), ziektecijfer
Russian: заболеваемость (ru) f ‎(zabolevajemostʹ)

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

Chinese:
Mandarin: 发病 (zh)

Dutch: morbiditeit (nl), ziekte (nl), ziekelijkheid (nl)

Adverse effects caused by a medical treatment

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