morbidity, morbidness 1. A diseased state. 2. The incidence or prevalence of a disease. 3. Morbidity rate; the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1 000 per year; death rate, mortality, mortality rate, fatality rate. 4. The quality of being unhealthy and generally bad for people; unwholesomeness, morbidness. Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1334/