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morbidity [mȯr′bid·əd·ē] (medicine) The quantity or state of being diseased. The conditions inducing disease. The ratio of the number of sick individuals to the total population of a community. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| They did all they could to divert me from this morbidity. He sees thousands of Mrs MacNabs, in thousands of houses, dropping their little drop of morbidity in the tea-cups of their friends; he sees--" He forgot for the moment his maxim of life to follow his inclinations with due regard for the policeman round the corner; or, if he acted in accordance with it, there must have been some strange morbidity in his nature which made him take a grim pleasure in self-torture. |
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