morbidity

[ mawr-bid-i-tee ]

noun

1. a morbid state or quality.
2. the proportion of sickness or of a specific disease in a geographical locality.

Word History and Origins

Origin of morbidity¹

First recorded in 1715–25; morbid + -ity

Example Sentences

The cases share a kind of morbidity: A man, eighty, is pronounced dead after thirty minutes of CPR.

From The Daily Beast

I do agree that mortality isn't everything; morbidity (poor health) matters too.

From The Daily Beast

He has not the exaltation nor the ardent vehemence of Rousseau, neither has he the sentimental morbidity of Xavier de Maistre.

From Project Gutenberg

If you deny them to the latter, all you get is poverty of ideas, and morbidity, and mawkishness.

From Project Gutenberg

The girl is growing up, fit to wear longer dresses, and exhibiting the morbidity appropriate to her years.

From Project Gutenberg

As long as you have mystery you have health; when you destroy mystery you create morbidity.

From Project Gutenberg

They are a fairly disreputable couple by this time because we are beginning to know how much morbidity they represent.

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