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morbidity

mor·bi·dity

US/mɔˈrbɪdʌti/ uncommon

noun

1.

the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year

3.

the quality of being unhealthful and generally bad for you

Origin

Recorded since 1721; from morbid + -ity, from Latin morbidus (“diseased”), from morbus (“disease”), from the root of morī (“to die”) or from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to rub, pound, wear away”).

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