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2. Of or pertaining to disease or diseased
parts; as, morbid anatomy.

Syn. -- Diseased; sickly; sick. -- Morbid,
Diseased. Morbid is sometimes used interchangeably with
diseased, but is commonly applied, in a somewhat technical
sense, to cases of a prolonged nature; as, a morbid condition
of the nervous system; a morbid sensibility, etc.

||Mor`bi*dez"za (?), n. [It., softness,
delicacy. See Morbid.] 1. (Fine Arts)
Delicacy or softness in the representation of flesh.

2. (Mus.) A term used as a direction
in execution, signifying, with extreme delicacy.
Ludden.

Mor*bid"i*ty (?), n. 1.
The quality or state of being morbid.

2. Morbid quality; disease; sickness.
C. Kingsley.

3. Amount of disease; sick rate.

Mor"bid*ly (?), adv. In a morbid
manner.

Mor"bid*ness, n.


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