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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. not growing or changing; without force or vitality;
[syn: stagnant, moribund]

2. being on the point of death; breathing your last;
- Example: "a moribund patient"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Moribund \Mor"i*bund\, a. [L. moribundus, from moriri to die. See Mortal.] In a dying state; dying; at the point of death. [1913 Webster] The patient was comatose and moribund. --Copland. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Moribund \Mor"i*bund\, n. A dying person. [R.] [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

moribund adj 1: not growing or changing; without force or vitality [syn: stagnant, moribund] 2: being on the point of death; breathing your last; "a moribund patient"