1.
[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.
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The patient was comatose and moribund. --Copland.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Moribund \Mor"i*bund\, n.
A dying person. [R.]
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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"