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morbidity

[mawr-bid-i-tee] / mɔrˈbɪd ɪ ti /




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Heat exposure has been linked to a higher risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, especially among women, a major review, external of studies on the effects of heat exposure found.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

“Some seasons are better, with lower attack rates and lower morbidity, and other seasons, just by nature of the changes in the viruses, are worse, with more hospitalizations and more deaths,” Sood said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

Levine said recent studies show that a lower sperm count is associated with higher morbidity — meaning a low sperm count can be a marker of poor health in general.

From Salon ● May 15, 2026

"For 10 years, the UN and humanitarian organisations were able to improve mortality and morbidity," he pointed out.

From Barron's ● Jan. 19, 2026

In this, the atmosphere, no matter how coarse, has a verve and an essential joviality that casts out morbidity.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin

Prof Mabbott said: "Living a lot longer, but suffering from the multiple morbidities that can accompany ageing, and in-and-out of hospital for another tissue transplant does not sound an attractive way to spend my retirement!"

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2025

It is linked to accelerated biological aging and various end-organ health issues, such as cardiovascular, cognitive and metabolic morbidities.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 3, 2024

Scientists then started looking into underlying biological mechanisms that can cause long-term psychiatric morbidities.

From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2023

“In terms of very sick people with covid, it’s almost exclusively elderly and people with a lot of morbidities or who are immunosuppressed,” he said.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 8, 2023

She trusted his affection, respected his cleverness, and instinctively guessed at his vanities and morbidities.

From Old Kensington by Miss Thackeray


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