morbidity

English

Etymology

Recorded since 1656; from morbid, from Latin morbidus (“diseased”), from morbus (“disease”), from the root of morī (“to die”) or from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to rub, pound, wear away”).

Noun

morbidity (countable and uncountable, plural morbidities)

The quality of being unhealthful or diseased, sometimes including the cause.
The quality of being morbid; an attitude or state of mind marked by gloom.
- 1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy:
  He taught him how to be superior to human foibles and how to give a godlike laugh at himself as a way of fending off morbidity. He did all the things for him that a woman is grateful for, except that Magnus is a man.
(medicine) The incidence of a disease, as a rate of a population which is affected.
(medicine, countable) An occurrence of illness or disease, or a single symptom of that illness.
(medicine, countable) Adverse effects caused by a medical treatment such as surgery.
(demography, insurance) The sickness rate of a population.

Synonyms

morbidness
unwholesomeness

Derived terms

comorbidity (co-morbidity), hypermorbidity

Related terms

morbidezza
morbidly
morbific
morbilli

Translations

quality of being unhealthful, morbid; morbidness

Azerbaijani: xəstəlik (az)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 病態／病态 (zh) (bìngtài)
Dutch: morbiditeit (nl), ziekelijkheid (nl)
Finnish: sairaalloisuus (fi)
French: morbidité (fr) f
Georgian: ავადობის (avadobis)
German: Morbidität (de) f
Greek: νοσηρός (el) m (nosirós)
Kazakh: аурушаңдық (auruşañdyq)
Portuguese: morbilidade f
Romanian: morbiditate (ro) f
Spanish: enfermo (es) m, morbido

incidence of a disease as a rate

Bulgarian: заболеваемост f (zabolevaemost)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 发病率 (zh)
Dutch: morbiditeit (nl), ziektecijfer (nl)
French: morbidité (fr) f
German: Morbidität (de) f
Hebrew: תַּחְלוּאָה‎ f
Hungarian: megbetegedési arányszám
Portuguese: morbilidade f
Romanian: morbiditate (ro) f
Russian: заболеваемость (ru) f (zabolevajemostʹ)
Swedish: morbiditet (sv)

occurrence of illness or disease, or a single symptom of that illness

Chinese:
Mandarin: 发病 (zh)
Czech: morbidita f
Dutch: morbiditeit (nl), ziekte (nl), ziekelijkheid (nl)
Hebrew: תַּחְלוּאָה‎ f
Portuguese: morbilidade f
Romanian: morbiditate (ro) f

adverse effects caused by a medical treatment