morbid

(adjective)

Of, or relating to disease.

Related Terms

Examples of morbid in the following topics:

  • Age and Race

    • There is evidence that black senior citizens are more likely to be abused - both physically and psychologically and suffer greater financial exploitation than do white senior citizens.Further, recent demographic profiles suggest that social aging varies across racial groups, and demonstrates that minority elders (especially Hispanic and African American identified) typically enter later life with less education, less financial resources, and less access to health care than their white counterparts.Finally, researchers have noted that minority groups' greater likelihood of facing patterns of structural disadvantage throughout the life course, such as racial discrimination, poverty, and fewer social, political, and economic resources on average, create significant racial variations in the stages or age-related trajectories of racial minorities and majorities that may be observed at all points of the life span, and contribute to disparities in health, income, self-perceived age, mortality, and morbidity.

  • Effects of Exercise on the Heart

    • Aerobic exercise promotes cardiovascular health, while physical inactivity is associated with increased morbidity and mortality.

  • The Vocabulary Epidemiology

    • Morbidity is a diseased state, disability, or poor health due to any cause.
    • In epidemiology, the term morbidity rate can refer to either the incidence rate, or the prevalence of a disease, or medical condition.
    • Compare and contrast the following concepts: epidemic, endemic, pandemic; incidence vs prevalence; morbidity vs mortality; incubation, latency, acute, decline and convalescent periods

  • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

    • It is unclear if these symptoms represent co-morbid conditions or are produced by an underlying etiology of CFS.

  • Prenatal Diagnostic Tests

    • Prenatal diagnosis is a way to screen a fetus for diseases and/or conditions that may increase its morbidity and/or mortality.

  • Renal Calculi

    • Kidney stones are a significant source of morbidity.

  • Syncope

    • Cardiogenic forms are more likely to produce serious morbidity or mortality and require prompt or even immediate treatment.

  • The Science of Epidemiology

    • Epidemiological studies are aimed, where possible, at revealing unbiased relationships between exposures such as alcohol or smoking, biological agents, stress, or chemicals to mortality or morbidity.

  • Social Class

    • Such examples include higher rates of morbidity and mortality for those in lower occupational classes than those in higher occupational classes, and the increased likelihood of those from ethnic minorities being diagnosed with a mental health disorder.

  • Aspirin and Thrombolytic Agents

    • Excessive intake of aspirin can increase the possibility of hemorrhage, also a cause of morbidity and mortality.