| 单词 | mortality rate |
| 释义 | mortality rate[ mawr-tal-i-tee reyt ] / mɔrˈtæl ɪ ti ˌreɪt / nounthe relative frequency of deaths in a specific population during a specified time, often cited as the percentage of human deaths during a public health crisis, or of wildlife deaths due to environmental perils: Patients over the age of 80 had the highest mortality rate during the last flu season. The mortality rate of the bald eagle falls to about 25 percent after the first year of life. Also called death rate [deth-reyt], /ˈdɛθ ˌreɪt/, fa·tal·i·ty rate [fey-tal-i-tee reyt, fuh-] /feɪˈtæl ɪ ti ˌreɪt, fə-/ . Origin of mortality rateFirst recorded in 1860–65 Words nearby mortality ratemor. sol., mort, mortadella, mortal, mortality, mortality rate, mortality table, mortal mind, mortal sin, mortal sin/venial sin, mortar Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for mortality rate
British Dictionary definitions for mortality ratemortality rate nounanother term for death rate Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for mortality ratemortality rate n.death rate The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |
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