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morbidity

[ US /mɔɹˈbɪdəti/ ]
[ UK /mɔːbˈɪdɪti/ ]
NOUN
  1. the quality of being unhealthful and generally bad for you
  2. the relative incidence of a particular disease
  3. an abnormally gloomy or unhealthy state of mind
    his fear of being alone verges on morbidity

How To Use morbidity In A Sentence

  • Prostate cancer is a common malignant tumor in male genitourinary system, it morbidity is increasing in recent years.
  • I find that the association between gestational diabetes and perinatal death or morbidity was recognized in 1983.
  • In patients with superimposed bacterial infection, septicaemia develops and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality.
  • I didn't see any Western country with so many elements of social morbidity: poverty, beggary and starvation.
  • Malaria morbidity and mortality have been held in check by the widespread availability of cheap and effective antimalarial drugs.
  • There's a lot of overlap with obsessive-compulsive disorder, what they call comorbidity -- depression, eating disorders, sometimes ADHD. CNN Transcript Dec 18, 2009
  • Epidemics of influenza are associated with increases in mortality and morbidity.
  • He thought it without morbidity for he had loved his brother dearly. IN LOVE AND WAR
  • This adds to the comorbidity, meaning they have more mental health issues, because they can't figure out why they are being invalidated. The Bilerico Project
  • The benefits of this approach must be weighed against the morbidity of the procedure.
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