morbidity
noun/mɔːˈbɪdəti/
/mɔːrˈbɪdəti/
[uncountable]- (medical) the fact of having a particular disease; the number of people who have a particular disease
- The programme aims to reduce morbidity and mortality associated with these chronic diseases.
- the malaria morbidity rate
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- a strong interest in sad or unpleasant things, especially disease or death; the fact of being about these things
- the morbidity of his ‘Morgue’ pictures
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