morbidity

English

noun
Definitions
  • The quality of being unhealthful or diseased, sometimes including the cause.
  • The quality of being morbid; an attitude or state of mind marked by gloom.
  • (medicine) The incidence of a disease, as a rate of a population which is affected.
  • (medicine) An occurrence of illness or disease, or a single symptom of that illness.
  • (medicine) Adverse effects caused by a medical treatment such as surgery.
  • (demography) The sickness rate of a population.

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (die, rub, wear away, sea, gleam, sparkle, pound, glimmer, weave, pack, bind, plait, girl, young boy), *mer- (die, rub, wear away, sea, gleam, sparkle, pound, glimmer, weave, pack, bind, plait, girl, young boy).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*mer-

Gloss

die, rub, wear away, sea, gleam, sparkle, pound, glimmer, weave, pack, bind, plait, girl, young boy

Concept
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Time

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

海

Emoji
🎲

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