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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

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

Alissa added that the rollback could overwhelm the healthcare systems in Florida financially and health-wise, leading to increased morbidity and mortality rates.

From Salon Sep. 12, 2025

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

Think of utilizing that magnificent and formidable engine, the Beethoven symphonic method, to accompany a tinsel tale of garbled Norse mythology with all sorts of modern affectations and morbidities introduced!

From Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques by James Huneker




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