Hypermorbidity
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Markedly high morbidity (illness), more than what might otherwise be expected (in any given disease or state of health). uncountable
"Hypermorbidity in respiratory symptoms among smokers in the population sample is in good agreement with other reports. The fact that this hypermorbidity was found also among smokers in smoking-discordant monozygotic twin pairs by use of the twin-control method speaks in favor of a causal interpretation. The hypermorbidity in "angina pectoris" among smokers in the population sample of firstborn twins is of the same order of magnitude as in other reports in regard to hypermortality—hypermorbidity investigations being sparse and not unanimous."
Example
More examples"Hypermorbidity in respiratory symptoms among smokers in the population sample is in good agreement with other reports. The fact that this hypermorbidity was found also among smokers in smoking-discordant monozygotic twin pairs by use of the twin-control method speaks in favor of a causal interpretation. The hypermorbidity in "angina pectoris" among smokers in the population sample of firstborn twins is of the same order of magnitude as in other reports in regard to hypermortality—hypermorbidity investigations being sparse and not unanimous."
Etymology
From hyper- + morbidity or hyper- + morbid + -ity.
More for "hypermorbidity"
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.