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- Dictionarymorbid/ˈmɔːbɪd/
adjective
- 1. characterized by an unusual interest in disturbing and unpleasant subjects, especially death and disease: "he had a morbid fascination with the horrors of contemporary warfare" Similar Opposite
- 2. of the nature of or indicative of disease: "the treatment of morbid obesity" Similar Opposite
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4 days ago · morbidly Add to list. morbidly. Definitions of morbidly. adverb. in a morbid manner or to a morbid degree. “he was morbidly fascinated by dead bodies”.
2 days ago · Morbid obesity (also known as extreme, or severe, obesity) is defined as a BMI of 40.0 or higher. (See nutritional disease: Diet and chronic disease.) The obesity epidemic. Body weight is influenced by the interaction of multiple factors. There is strong evidence of genetic predisposition to fat accumulation, and obesity tends to run in families.
4 days ago · Advertisement. Life. With 2.3 million Malaysian adults living with three NCDs, doctors warn of serious public health risks. The National Health and Morbidity Survey 2023 shows 2.3 million Malaysian adults live with three non-communicable diseases. — AFP pic.
4 days ago · Diabetes is a major cause of morbidity and mortality, though these outcomes are not due to the immediate effects of the disorder. They are instead related to the diseases that develop as a result of chronic diabetes mellitus.
3 days ago · Obesity is a medical condition, sometimes considered a disease, [8] [9] [10] in which excess body fat has accumulated to such an extent that it can potentially have negative effects on health. People are classified as obese when their body mass index (BMI)—a person's weight divided by the square of the person's height—is over 30 kg / m 2 ...
1 day ago · Therefore, the purpose of the current study was to: 1) define the baseline demographic differences between morbidly obese patients undergoing primary rTSA from non-morbidly obese patients; 2) identify the reasons for 90-day postoperative ED return and readmission; and 3) investigate the effect of morbid obesity on operative duration ...
5 days ago · old age, in human beings, the final stage of the normal life span. Definitions of old age are not consistent from the standpoints of biology, demography (conditions of mortality and morbidity), employment and retirement, and sociology.
