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morbus

morbus

9.9
A disease that makes a person sick
  • noun
  • /ˈmɔrbəs/
  • Specialized
translation icon : morbus
  • Doctors often refer to morbus when discussing various infectious diseases.
  • cholera morbus

Examples

  • In the vernacular, the epidemic's scientific name, cholera morbus, was changed into the more graphic diabolus.

    Academic text (2001)

  • The cholera morbus rages with great violence in England, France, and has ravaged nearly all the countries of Europe, as well as India in Asia.

    Academic text (2014)

  • One is about that disease everyone keeps talking about, cholera morbus, but the second one sounds far more promising.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • This is ours, and you have been summoned, led through the marketplace, encouraged to see this entertainment over the tedious play on cholera morbus down the street for solely.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • Cholera morbus is a severe disease that can cause life-threatening dehydration.

  • The term morbus is commonly used in medical literature to describe specific illnesses.

Antonyms

health
∞ 1.0

The condition of a person's body and mind, especially being free from illness or injury

wellness
52 3.2

Good physical and mental health that people try to keep

Compounds

cholera morbus
  • Archaic
9.9

A sudden severe stomach illness that causes vomiting and diarrhoea

morbus cyclometricus
  • Specialized
9.9

A serious disease that makes the body weak and keeps it from working well

How Serious

terminal
45 7.1
morbus
  • Specialized
9.9
illness
693 1.1
ailment
63 3.4

Surface Forms

morbus singular
morbi plural

Etymology

Morbus comes from Latin and means 'disease' or 'illness'. You can see the same root in English words like morbid and morbidity, so morbus is used in medical language to name a sickness.