| morbidity | A diseased condition or state, the incidence of a disease or of all diseases in a population. (18 Nov 1997) |
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| morbidity rate | The sickness rate, the number of people who are sick or have a disease compared with the number who are well. (09 Oct 1997) |
| puerperal morbidity | Illness arising during the first 10 days of the postpartum period, i.e., a temperature of 38캜 (100.4캟) or more on any two days of the first 10, excluding the first 24 hours. (05 Mar 2000) |
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