"morbus" meaning in English

See morbus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈmɔːbəs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈmɔɹbəs/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-morbus.wav Forms: morbuses [plural], morbi [plural]
Etymology: From Latin morbus. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|morbus}} Latin morbus Head templates: {{en-noun|es|morbi}} morbus (plural morbuses or morbi)
  1. (medicine, formal) A disease. Tags: formal Related terms: cholera morbus, morbus coxarius, morbus cyclometricus, morbus Dupuytren
    Sense id: en-morbus-en-noun-9fQz12rL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Medicine, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 79 13 5 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 73 21 3 1 1 Topics: medicine, sciences

Inflected forms

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