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The quality of being unhealthful or diseased, sometimes including the cause.countableuncountable
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The quality of being morbid; an attitude or state of mind marked by gloom.countableuncountable
- He taught him how to be superior to human foibles and how to give a godlike laugh at himself as a way of fending off morbidity. He did all the things for him that a woman is grateful for, except that Magnus is a man.
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The incidence of a disease, as a rate of a population which is affected.countableuncountable
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An occurrence of illness or disease, or a single symptom of that illness.countable
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Adverse effects caused by a medical treatment such as surgery.countable
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The sickness rate of a population.countableuncountable
syn. morbidness · unwholesomeness