English

Etymology
From morbid, from L. morbidus diseased, from morbus disease, from mori to die.

Noun
en-noun|morbidities|-

1. The ratio of deaths to the population; expressed in 1000 per year; death rate.
2. The quality of being unhealthful, morbid; morbidness.
3. medicine The incidence of a disease.
4. medicine|countable An occurrence of illness or disease, or a single symptom of that illness.
5. medicine|countable Adverse effects caused by a medical treatment such as surgery.

Synonyms
death rate, deathrate, mortality, mortality rate
morbidness, unwholesomeness

Related terms
comorbidity

Translations
trans-top|The ratio of deaths to the population; expressed in 1000 per year; death rate
Finnish: kuolleisuus
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trans-top|The quality of being unhealthful, morbid; morbidness
Finnish: sairaalloisuus
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trans-top|The incidence of a disease
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trans-top|An occurrence of illness or disease, or a single symptom of that illness
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See also
soreness
valetudinarianism

Category:Death

vi:morbidity
zh:morbidity

• 2007-12-16 19:26 - Doug Hockin - /* English */ Add template to etymology, make countable and uncountable and reorder sections

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