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Unhealthful vs Morbidity - What's the difference?

unhealthful | morbidity |

As a adjective unhealthful

is not healthy; detrimental to health.

As a noun morbidity is

the quality of being unhealthful, morbid.

unhealthful

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not healthy; detrimental to health.
  • An unhealthful diet and lack of exercise are common causes for heart disease.

    Synonyms

    * insalubrious

    morbidity

    English

    Noun

  • The quality of being unhealthful, morbid, sometimes including the cause.
  • (medicine) The incidence of a disease, as a rate of a population which is affected.
  • (medicine, countable) An occurrence of illness or disease, or a single symptom of that illness.
  • (medicine, countable) Adverse effects caused by a medical treatment such as surgery.
  • Synonyms

    * morbidness * unwholesomeness

    Derived terms

    * (l)

    See also

    * soreness * valetudinarianism