morbidity

noun

/mɔːˈbɪdəti/

/mɔːrˈbɪdəti/

[uncountable]

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(medical醫學) the fact of having a particular disease; the number of people who have a particular disease發病率：患有某種特定疾病的事實；患有特定疾病的人數
- The programme aims to reduce morbidity and mortality associated with these chronic diseases.該方案旨在降低與這些慢性病相關的發病率和死亡率。
- the malaria morbidity rate瘧疾發病率
a strong interest in sad or unpleasant things, especially disease or death; the fact of being about these things病態的；不正常的
- the morbidity of his ‘Morgue’ pictures他的“停屍房”照片的病態

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morbidity