1. Noun
The condition or quality of being mortal; subjection to death or to the necessity of dying.
2. Noun
Human life; the life of a mortal being.
3. Noun
Those who are, or that which is, mortal; the human cace; humanity; human nature.
4. Noun
Death; destruction.
5. Noun
The whole sum or number of deaths in a given time or a given community; also, the proportion of deaths to population, or to a specific number of the population; death rate; as, a time of great, or low, mortality; the mortality among the settlers was alarming.
6. Noun
The number or rate of deaths in a group.
Death or the rate of death within a population.
“Mortality was lower in the treatment group.”
7. Noun
the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year
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