Mortality

  • 11mortality — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ high, low ▪ Poor hygiene led to high mortality among children. ▪ early, premature ▪ a condition that often results in premature mortality …

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  • 12mortality */*/ — UK [mɔː(r)ˈtælətɪ] / US [mɔrˈtælətɪ] noun Word forms mortality : singular mortality plural mortalities 1) a) [uncountable] the number of deaths within a particular area, group etc a decline in infant mortality mortality rate: The mortality rate… …

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  • 13mortality — mor|tal|i|ty [ mɔr tæləti ] noun * 1. ) uncount the number of deaths within a particular area, group, etc.: a decline in infant mortality mortality rate: The mortality rate has recently increased. a ) count or uncount FORMAL death: the most… …

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  • 14mortality — mor|tal|i|ty [mo:ˈtælıti US mo:r ] n plural mortalities 1.) [U] also mor tality .rate [ US .ˈ...] the number of deaths during a particular period of time among a particular type or group of people ▪ Mortality from heart disease varies widely… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 15mortality — [[t]mɔː(r)tæ̱lɪti[/t]] N UNCOUNT: oft N n The mortality in a particular place or situation is the number of people who die. ...the relationships between mortality and unemployment... The nation s infant mortality rate has reached a record low.… …

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  • 16mortality — noun (U) 1 also mortality rate /. ... ./ the number of deaths during a certain period of time among a particular type or group of people: Mortality from heart disease varies widely across the world. | infant mortality (=the rate at which babies… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 17mortality — Rate of deaths (usually in terms of proportion of the stock dying annually) from various causes; see also natural mortality and fishing mortality …

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  • 18mortality — /mawr tal i tee/, n., pl. mortalities. 1. the state or condition of being subject to death; mortal character, nature, or existence. 2. the relative frequency of deaths in a specific population; death rate. 3. mortal beings collectively; humanity …

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  • 19mortality — n. infant; maternal mortality * * * [mɔː tælɪtɪ] maternal mortality infant …

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  • 20mortality — noun 1) a sense of his own mortality Syn: impermanence, transience, ephemerality, perishability; humanity; corporeality 2) the causes of mortality Syn: death, loss of life, dying …

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