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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

The book presents a multigenerational supergroup of stupidity, opportunism and, occasionally, earnest morbidity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 25, 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

Counties with fewer resources, limited know-how, and infrequent exposure to severe weather events are ill-equipped to record data on climate-related illness and morbidities, let alone report them to the federal government.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 6, 2023

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

From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2023

They are shocked by the morbidities of Dostoievsky and Strindberg.

From The Literature of Ecstasy by Albert Mordell




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