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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. the relative incidence of a particular disease;

2. an abnormally gloomy or unhealthy state of mind;
- Example: "his fear of being alone verges on morbidity"
[syn: morbidity, morbidness]

3. the quality of being unhealthful and generally bad for you;
[syn: unwholesomeness, morbidness, morbidity]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Morbidity \Mor*bid"i*ty\, n.
   1. The quality or state of being morbid.
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   2. Morbid quality; disease; sickness. --C. Kingsley.
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   3. Amount of disease; rate of sickness.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

morbidity
    n 1: the relative incidence of a particular disease
    2: an abnormally gloomy or unhealthy state of mind; "his fear of
       being alone verges on morbidity" [syn: morbidity,
       morbidness]
    3: the quality of being unhealthful and generally bad for you
       [syn: unwholesomeness, morbidness, morbidity] [ant:
       wholesomeness]