morbilityn.
/mɔːˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S. /mɔrˈbɪlᵻdi/ Medicine.
= morbidity n. 1.
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1848 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 7) 557/1 Morbility, disease.
1875 T. W. Grimshaw et al. Man. Public Health Irel. v. 81 A correct determination of the morbility would give the earliest possible information as to the outbreak of an epidemic or the prevalence of an endemic disease.
1876 J. Van Duyn & E. C. Seguin tr. E. L. Wagner Man. Gen. Pathol. 70 It is, however, further necessary to know the mortality and morbility of a locality in order to proceed upon perfectly safe ground.
1885 Med. Times & Gaz. 4 July 13/1 Dr. John Williams..was able to state a very low rate of deaths and morbility.
1978 JACEP 7 103 Failure to diagnose rhabdomyolysis early will result in increased morbility and mortality from subsequent hyperkalemia.
1992 Jrnl. Reproductive Med. 37 745 The morbility and surgical complication rates in the two groups were not significantly different.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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