morbosity

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noun

A diseased state; unhealthiness.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

nounmorbosity (countable and uncountable, plural morbosities)

plural morbosities

  1. countableuncountableA diseased state; unhealthiness.
    1 more example

    For as the inference is fair, affirmatively deduced from the action to the organ, that they have eies because they see; so it is also from the organ to the action, that they have eies, therefore some sight designed; if we take the intention of Nature in every species, and except the casuall impediments, or morbosities in individuals.

    1646/50, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica
  2. countableuncountablea morbid feature

Origin

  1. Latinmorbositas
  2. Englishmorbosity

Latin morbositas.

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Translations

Spanish morbosidad
  • morbosidadTranslations
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APA

morbosity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/morbosity

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“morbosity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/morbosity. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “morbosity,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/morbosity.

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