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