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Noun: morbidity  mor'bi-di-tee
  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";
    - morbidness
     
  3. The quality of being unhealthful and generally bad for you
    - unwholesomeness, morbidness

Derived forms: morbidities

Type of: cognitive state, incidence, quality, relative incidence, state of mind

Encyclopedia: Morbidity