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
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.
• 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
30 November 2024
(noun) a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc.; “consider the following, just as a hypothetical”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
