morbidities

Variant of morbidity

morbidity definition

mor·bid·ity (môr bidə tē)

noun pl. morbidities -·ties

  1. state, quality, or instance of being morbid
  2. the rate of disease or proportion of diseased persons in a given locality, nation, etc.

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