morbidity

English

Etymology

Recorded since 1656; from morbid, from Latin morbidus (“diseased”), from morbus (“disease”), from the root of mori (“to die”) or from a Proto-Indo-European base mor "to rub, pound, wear away".

Noun

morbidity (countable and uncountable; plural morbidities)

1. The quality of being unhealthful, morbid
2. (medicine) The incidence of a disease, as a rate of a population which is affected.
3. (medicine, countable) An occurrence of illness or disease, or a single symptom of that illness.
4. (medicine, countable) Adverse effects caused by a medical treatment such as surgery.

Synonyms

• morbidness
• unwholesomeness

Derived terms

• comorbidity

Related terms

• morbidezza
• morbific
• morbidly
• morbific
• morbilli

Translations

The quality of being unhealthful, morbid; morbidness

• Azeri: xəstəlik (az)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 病态 (cmn)

• Dutch: morbiditeit, ziekelijkheid
• Finnish: sairaalloisuus (fi)
• Georgian: ავადობის (ka) (avadobis)

The incidence of a disease as a rate

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 发病率 (cmn)

• Dutch: morbiditeit, ziektecijfer

An occurrence of illness or disease, or a single symptom of that illness

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 发病 (cmn)

• Dutch: morbiditeit, ziekte,ziekelijkheid

Adverse effects caused by a medical treatment

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Translations to be checked

• French: morbidité

See also

• soreness
• valetudinarianism