attritional mortality

noun

The process by which individuals in a population die off one by one from a variety of causes (rather than in large numbers as part of a single event).

Opposite
catastrophic mortality
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Meanings

nounattritional mortality (uncountable)
  1. uncountablearchaeologyThe process by which individuals in a population die off one by one from a variety of causes (rather than in large numbers as part of a single event).

    Antonyms: catastrophic mortality

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe process by which individuals in a population die off one by one from a variety of causes (rather than in large numbers as part of a single event).

Opposite
catastrophic mortality
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