noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The quality of being unhealthful or diseased, sometimes including the cause.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The quality of being morbid; an attitude or state of mind marked by gloom.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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3
noun
Meaning 3
The incidence of a disease, as a rate of a population which is affected.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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4
noun
Meaning 4
An occurrence of illness or disease, or a single symptom of that illness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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5
noun
Meaning 5
Adverse effects caused by a medical treatment such as surgery.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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6
noun
Meaning 6
The sickness rate of a population.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: incidence, relative incidence
History
Etymology
Recorded since 1721; from morbid + -ity, 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”).
Across languages
Translations
41 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Azerbaijani:
xəstəlik
— quality of being unhealthful or diseased
Chinese Mandarin:
病態 /病态
(bìngtài)
— quality of being unhealthful or diseased
Dutch:
morbiditeit
— quality of being unhealthful or diseased
Dutch:
ziekelijkheid
— quality of being unhealthful or diseased
Finnish:
sairaus
— quality of being unhealthful or diseased
Finnish:
sairaalloisuus
— quality of being unhealthful or diseased
French:
morbidité
— quality of being unhealthful or diseased
Georgian:
ავადობის
(avadobis)
— quality of being unhealthful or diseased
German:
Morbidität
— quality of being unhealthful or diseased
Greek:
νοσηρός
(nosirós)
— quality of being unhealthful or diseased
Kazakh:
аурушаңдық
(auruşañdyq)
— quality of being unhealthful or diseased
Portuguese:
morbilidade
— quality of being unhealthful or diseased
Romanian:
morbiditate
— quality of being unhealthful or diseased
Spanish:
enfermo
— quality of being unhealthful or diseased
Spanish:
morbido
— quality of being unhealthful or diseased
Finnish:
synkkyys
— quality of being morbid
Finnish:
synkkämielisyys
— quality of being morbid
Bulgarian:
заболеваемост
(zabolevaemost)
— incidence of a disease as a rate
Chinese Mandarin:
发病率
(fābìnglǜ)
— incidence of a disease as a rate
Dutch:
morbiditeit
— incidence of a disease as a rate
Dutch:
ziektecijfer
— incidence of a disease as a rate
Finnish:
sairastuvuus
— incidence of a disease as a rate
French:
morbidité
— incidence of a disease as a rate
German:
Morbidität
— incidence of a disease as a rate
Hebrew:
תַּחְלוּאָה
— incidence of a disease as a rate
Hungarian:
megbetegedési arányszám
— incidence of a disease as a rate
Italian:
morbosità
— incidence of a disease as a rate
Portuguese:
morbilidade
— incidence of a disease as a rate
Romanian:
morbiditate
— incidence of a disease as a rate
Russian:
заболева́емость
(zabolevájemostʹ)
— incidence of a disease as a rate
Swedish:
morbiditet
— incidence of a disease as a rate
Chinese Mandarin:
发病
(fābìng)
— occurrence of illness or disease, or a single symptom of that illness
Czech:
morbidita
— occurrence of illness or disease, or a single symptom of that illness
Dutch:
morbiditeit
— occurrence of illness or disease, or a single symptom of that illness
Dutch:
ziekte
— occurrence of illness or disease, or a single symptom of that illness
Dutch:
ziekelijkheid
— occurrence of illness or disease, or a single symptom of that illness
Finnish:
sairastuminen
— occurrence of illness or disease, or a single symptom of that illness
Hebrew:
תַּחְלוּאָה
— occurrence of illness or disease, or a single symptom of that illness
Portuguese:
morbilidade
— occurrence of illness or disease, or a single symptom of that illness
Romanian:
morbiditate
— occurrence of illness or disease, or a single symptom of that illness
Finnish:
sairastavuus
— sickness rate of a population