Morbidity Definition

môr-bĭdĭ-tē
noun
State, quality, or instance of being morbid.
Webster's New World
The rate of disease or proportion of diseased persons in a given locality, nation, etc.
Webster's New World
Morbidity is a term used to describe how often a disease occurs in a specific area or is a term used to describe a focus on death.
An example of morbidity is the number of people who have cancer.
An example of morbidity is a focus on death.
YourDictionary
(medicine, countable) Adverse effects caused by a medical treatment such as surgery.
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Other Word Forms of Morbidity

Noun

Singular:
morbidity
Plural:
morbidities

Origin of Morbidity

  • Recorded since 1656; from morbid, from Latin morbidus (“diseased"), from morbus (“disease"), from the root of mori (“to die") or from a Proto-Indo-European base mor "to rub, pound, wear away".

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Morbidity Sentence Examples

  • The perinatal morbidity was significantly higher in the GM group.

  • Perinatal morbidity is associated with infections, reactions to anesthesia agents, blood clots, and bleeding.

  • Although many of these behaviors are health-promoting, some are health-compromising, resulting in increasingly high rates of adolescent morbidity and mortality.

  • Children living in inner cities, low-income populations, and minorities have disproportionately higher morbidity and mortality due to asthma.

  • Many of the surviving preterm infants suffer serious morbidity.

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Words Starting With

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Words Starting With M and Ending With Y

Starts With M & Ends With YStarts With MO & Ends With YStarts With M & Ends With TY

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With M9 Letter Words Ending With Y