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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

mor·bid / ˈmôrbəd/ • adj. 1. characterized by or appealing to an abnormal and unhealthy interest in disturbing and unpleasant subjects, esp. death and disease: he had long held a morbid fascination with the horrors of contemporary warfare. 2. Med. of the nature of or indicative of disease: the treatment of morbid obesity. DERIVATIVES: mor·bid·i·ty / môrˈbidətē/ n. mor·bid·ly adv. mor·bid·ness n.

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morbid

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morbid pert. to disease XVII; unwholesome, sickly XIX. — L. morbidus, f. morbus disease; see -ID1.
So morbific XVII. — F.

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morbid

A Dictionary of Nursing | 2008 | Copyright

morbid (mor-bid) adj. diseased or abnormal; pathological.

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morbid

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

morbid •amid, backslid, bid, did, forbid, grid, hid, id, kid, Kidd, lid, Madrid, mid, outbid, outdid, quid, rid, skid, slid, squid, underbid, yid •scarabaeid • Aeneid • nereid •spermatozoid •Clwyd, Druid, fluid •noctuid • rabid • carabid • ibid •morbid • turbid • wretched

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