Mor"bid (?), a. [L. morbidus, fr. morbus disease; prob. akin to mori to die: cf. F. morbide, It. morbido. See Mortal.]
1. Not sound and
healthful; induced by a diseased or
abnormal condition; diseased; sickly; as, morbid humors; a morbid constitution; a morbid state of the juices of
a plant. "Her sick and
morbid heart."
Hawthorne.
2. Of or pertaining to disease or diseased parts; as, morbid anatomy.
Syn. -- Diseased;
sickly; sick. -- Morbid, Diseased.
Morbid is sometimes used interchangeably with diseased, but is commonly applied, in a somewhat technical sense, to cases of a
prolonged nature; as, a morbid condition of the nervous system; a morbid sensibility,
etc.
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