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.
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(medicine, countable) Adverse effects caused by a medical treatment such as surgery.
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Noun
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morbidity
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