Associations to the word «Morbidity»

Wiktionary

MORBIDITY, noun. The quality of being unhealthful, morbid, sometimes including the cause.
MORBIDITY, noun. (medicine) The incidence of a disease, as a rate of a population which is affected.
MORBIDITY, noun. (medicine) (countable) An occurrence of illness or disease, or a single symptom of that illness.
MORBIDITY, noun. (medicine) (countable) Adverse effects caused by a medical treatment such as surgery.

Dictionary definition

MORBIDITY, noun. The relative incidence of a particular disease.
MORBIDITY, noun. An abnormally gloomy or unhealthy state of mind; "his fear of being alone verges on morbidity".
MORBIDITY, noun. The quality of being unhealthful and generally bad for you.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats