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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

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

"My fear is that we won't hear about it until the mortality and the morbidity significantly increases this next year," he added.

From Barron's Jan. 19, 2026

The book is an exploration of memory, love, regret and morbidity by a writer who seems comfortable with the idea of making an exit.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 16, 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

"Our findings suggest that the reversibility of end-organ morbidities induced by OSA goes beyond normalizing oxygenation patterns," said Gozal, corresponding author on the study.

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

But, on the whole, it seems probable that Mrs Eddy, with all her hysteria and morbidities and rancours and queerness, has been a power for good in the world.

From Psychical Miscellanea Being Papers on Psychical Research, Telepathy, Hypnotism, Christian Science, etc. by Hill, J. Arthur




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