noun🔗ShareThe quality of being unhealthful or diseased, sometimes including the cause."Sentence: "The high morbidity rate in the city was linked to air pollution and lack of access to clean water." "medicinediseasestatisticsbiologyconditionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe quality of being morbid; an attitude or state of mind marked by gloom."The teenager's intense interest in cemeteries and graphic novels hinted at a certain morbidity. "mindattitudemedicinequalityChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe incidence of a disease, as a rate of a population which is affected."The city's public health department is concerned about the rising morbidity of the flu among elementary school children this winter. "medicinediseasestatisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAn occurrence of illness or disease, or a single symptom of that illness."The high rate of childhood obesity in the town contributed to increased morbidity from diabetes and heart disease later in life. "medicinediseasestatisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAdverse effects caused by a medical treatment such as surgery."The patient experienced significant morbidity, including a persistent infection, after his knee replacement surgery. "medicinediseasebodyoutcomephysiologyconditionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe sickness rate of a population."The high morbidity rate in the school's student population this year is a concern for the administration. "medicinediseasestatisticsbiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
