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Morbid

Not sound and healthful; induced by a diseased or abnormal condition; diseased; sickly; as, morbid humors; a morbid constitution; a morbid state of the juices of a plant.

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Offensive 84% connected

Giving offense; causing displeasure or resentment; displeasing; annoying; as, offensive words.

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Giving offense; causing displeasure or resentment; displeasing; annoying; as, offensive words.

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Morbidity 74% connected

The quality or state of being morbid.

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Morbidity 74% connected

The quality or state of being morbid.

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Morbidness 74% connected

The quality or state of being morbid; morbidity.

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Morbidness 74% connected

The quality or state of being morbid; morbidity.

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Diseased 92% connected

of Disease

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Ghoulish 92% connected

Characteristic of a ghoul; vampirelike; hyenalike.

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Pathologic 92% connected

Alt. of Pathological

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Pathological 92% connected

Of or pertaining to pathology.

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Anaesthetization noun · 78% connection

The process of anaesthetizing; also, the condition of the nervous system induced by anaesthetics.

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Aspirate noun · 78% connection

A sound consisting of, or characterized by, a breath like the sound of h; the breathing h or a character representing such a sound; an…

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Bloom verb · 78% connection

To be in a state of healthful, growing youth and vigor; to show beauty and freshness, as of flowers; to give promise, as by or with fl…

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Calisthenics noun · 78% connection

The science, art, or practice of healthful exercise of the body and limbs, to promote strength and gracefulness; light gymnastics.

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Canker verb · 78% connection

To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker; to grow corrupt; to become venomous.

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Cardiac murmur noun · 78% connection

an abnormal sound of the heart; sometimes a sign of abnormal function of the heart valves

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Chemistry noun · 78% connection

That branch of science which treats of the composition of substances, and of the changes which they undergo in consequence of alterati…

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Dyscrasia noun · 78% connection

An ill habit or state of the constitution; -- formerly regarded as dependent on a morbid condition of the blood and humors.

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Dysplasia noun · 78% connection

abnormal development (of organs or cells) or an abnormal structure resulting from such growth

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Enchantment noun · 78% connection

a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation

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Fistula noun · 78% connection

A permanent abnormal opening into the soft parts with a constant discharge; a deep, narrow, chronic abscess; an abnormal opening betwe…

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Healthful adjective · 78% connection

Full of health; free from illness or disease; well; whole; sound; healthy; as, a healthful body or mind; a healthful plant.

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Healthfulness noun · 78% connection

The state of being healthful.

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Healthiness noun · 78% connection

The state of being healthy or healthful; freedom from disease.

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Heart murmur noun · 78% connection

an abnormal sound of the heart; sometimes a sign of abnormal function of the heart valves

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Hysteresis noun · 78% connection

A lagging or retardation of the effect, when the forces acting upon a body are changed, as if from velocity or internal friction; a te…

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Idiocracy noun · 78% connection

Peculiarity of constitution; that temperament, or state of constitution, which is peculiar to a person; idiosyncrasy.

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Insalubrious adjective · 78% connection

Not salubrious or healthful; unwholesome; as, an insalubrious air or climate.

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