Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
MORBIDITY
unwholesomeness, morbidness, morbidity
(noun) the quality of being unhealthful and generally bad for you
morbidity, morbidness
(noun) an abnormally gloomy or unhealthy state of mind; “his fear of being alone verges on morbidity”
morbidity
(noun) the relative incidence of a particular disease
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
morbidity (countable and uncountable, plural morbidities)
The quality of being unhealthful or diseased, sometimes including the cause.
The quality of being morbid; an attitude or state of mind marked by gloom.
(medicine) The incidence of a disease, as a rate of a population which is affected.
(medicine, countable) An occurrence of illness or disease, or a single symptom of that illness.
(medicine, countable) Adverse effects caused by a medical treatment such as surgery.
(demography, insurance) The sickness rate of a population.
Synonyms
• morbidness
• unwholesomeness
Source: Wiktionary
Mor*bid"i*ty, n.
1. The quality or state of being morbid.
2. Morbid quality; disease; sickness. C. Kingsley.
3. Amount of disease; sick rate.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DOOMED
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
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