Morbus
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈmɔːbəs/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Morbus is a noun meaning (medicine, formal) A disease.
Meaning
(medicine, formal) A disease.
Example Sentences
Probably no small share of our cholera morbuses, diarrhœas, and dysenteries, have their origin in this source.
I thought he were took with the Morbus one day, I did with his nasty angle! For “oh dear,” says he, and burst out in a cry, “oh my gut is all got of a tangle!”
Unfortunately, most of the morbi accepted in modern medicine are only taxonomic entities whose causal derivation is merely partially known and therefore polygenic.
Word Forms
- morbuses
- morbi
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include disease, cholera, morbidity, disorder, affection, morbimortality.
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