Difference between Morbidity and Morbidness

What is the difference between Morbidity and Morbidness?

Morbidity as a noun is the quality of being unhealthful, morbid while Morbidness as a noun is the property of being morbid.

Morbidity

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The quality of being unhealthful, morbid The incidence of a disease, as a rate of a population which is affected. An occurrence of illness or disease, or a single symptom of that illness. Adverse effects caused by a medical treatment such as surgery.

Morbidness

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The property of being morbid.

We hope you now know whether to use Morbidity or Morbidness in your sentence.

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