morbidity: Meaning and Definition of

mor•bid•i•ty

Pronunciation: (môr-bid'i-tē), [key]
— n.
  1. a morbid state or quality.
  2. the proportion of sickness or of a specific disease in a geographical locality.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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