Definition of morbid

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Morbid (a.) Of or pertaining to disease or diseased parts; as, morbid anatomy..

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Virus :: Virus (v. i.) Fig.: Any morbid corrupting quality in intellectual or moral conditions; something that poisons the mind or the soul; as, the virus of obscene books..
Lethargy :: Lethargy (n.) Morbid drowsiness; continued or profound sleep, from which a person can scarcely be awaked..
Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) A morbid state of the animal system; indisposition; malady; disorder; -- at present chiefly applied to diseases of brutes; as, a distemper in dogs; the horse distemper; the horn distemper in cattle..
Dipsomania :: Dipsomania (n.) A morbid an uncontrollable craving (often periodic) for drink, esp. for alcoholic liquors; also improperly used to denote acute and chronic alcoholism..
Orthopny :: Orthopny (n.) Specifically, a morbid condition in which respiration can be performed only in an erect posture; by extension, any difficulty of breathing..
Solidism :: Solidism (n.) The doctrine that refers all diseases to morbid changes of the solid parts of the body. It rests on the view that the solids alone are endowed with vital properties, and can receive the impression of agents tending to produce disease..
Chyluria :: Chyluria (n.) A morbid condition in which the urine contains chyle or fatty matter, giving it a milky appearance..
Abscess :: Abscess (n.) A collection of pus or purulent matter in any tissue or organ of the body, the result of a morbid process..
Scleriasis :: Scleriasis (n.) A morbid induration of the edge of the eyelid.
Lagophthalmos :: Lagophthalmos (n.) A morbid condition in which the eye stands wide open, giving a peculiar staring appearance..
Rale :: Rale (n.) An adventitious sound, usually of morbid origin, accompanying the normal respiratory sounds. See Rhonchus..
Heteropathy :: Heteropathy (n.) That mode of treating diseases, by which a morbid condition is removed by inducing an opposite morbid condition to supplant it; allopathy..
Hypersecretion :: Hypersecretion (n.) Morbid or excessive secretion, as in catarrh..
Anamorphosis :: Anamorphosis (n.) A morbid or monstrous development, or change of form, or degeneration..
Fur :: Fur (v. t.) To cover with morbid matter, as the tongue..
Diarrhoea :: Diarrhoea (n.) A morbidly frequent and profuse discharge of loose or fluid evacuations from the intestines, without tenesmus; a purging or looseness of the bowels; a flux..
Hodgkin''s Disease :: Hodgkin's disease () A morbid condition characterized by progressive anaemia and enlargement of the lymphatic glands; -- first described by Dr. Hodgkin, an English physician..
Seborrhea :: Seborrhea (n.) A morbidly increased discharge of sebaceous matter upon the skin; stearrhea.
Metathesis :: Metathesis (n.) A mere change in place of a morbid substance, without removal from the body..
Exostosis :: Exostosis (n.) Any protuberance of a bone which is not natural; an excrescence or morbid enlargement of a bone.
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