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morbid

/ˈmɔːbɪd/adjective

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रुग्ण, मृत्यु या बीमारी में अस्वस्थ रुचि रखने वाला

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adjective
  1. 1

    having or showing an unhealthy interest in sad or unpleasant things, especially death and disease

    रुग्ण, मृत्यु या बीमारी में अस्वस्थ रुचि रखने वाला

    • He has a morbid fascination with murder cases.
    • Stop being so morbid; nobody is going to die.
    • Her morbid curiosity about accidents made her friends uneasy.
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    • Try not to have such morbid thoughts before the exam.
    • He had a morbid fear of hospitals.

    Synonyms gruesome macabre unhealthy

    Opposite cheerful wholesome healthy

  2. 2

    medical

    connected with disease

    रोग-संबंधी

    • morbid obesity
    • The doctor studied the morbid changes in the patient's lung tissue.
    • The morbid condition of the tissue was visible under the microscope.
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    • Doctors warned that morbid obesity raises the risk of heart disease.
    • The lecture dealt with morbid anatomy.

    Synonyms diseased pathological

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morbidly adv.morbidity noun
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mor·bid

⌂Word origin and word building

Morb- means disease; morbidity (the rate of disease) is contrasted with mortality (the rate of death) in GK.

Morb- का अर्थ रोग है; GK में morbidity (रुग्णता दर) और mortality (मृत्यु दर) का अंतर पूछा जाता है।