MORBID


Meaning of MORBID in English

■ adjective

1》 characterized by or appealing to an abnormal and unhealthy interest in unpleasant subjects, especially death and disease.

2》 Medicine of the nature of or indicative of disease.

Derivatives

~ity noun

~ly adverb

~ness noun

Origin

C17: from L. ~us , from morbus 'disease'.

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