morbidity
noun C2- 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.
- The incidence of a disease, as a rate of a population which is affected.
- An occurrence of illness or disease, or a single symptom of that illness.
- Adverse effects caused by a medical treatment such as surgery.
- The sickness rate of a population.
Plural morbidities
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