Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hypermortality

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hy-per-mor-tal-i-ty
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Markedly high mortality, more than what might otherwise be expected (in any given disease or state of health).

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Hypermorbidity in respiratory symptoms among smokers in the population sample is in good agreement with other reports. The fact that this hypermorbidity was found also among smokers in smoking-discordant monozygotic twin pairs by use of the twin-control method speaks in favor of a causal interpretation. The hypermorbidity in "angina pectoris" among smokers in the population sample of firstborn twins is of the same order of magnitude as in other reports in regard to hypermortality—hypermorbidity investigations being sparse and not unanimous."
"Brieger et al. (1954) reported hypermortality and hypermorbidity among workers in an abrasive industry."

Etymology

From hyper- + mortality or hyper- + mortal + -ity.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: hyper
Suffix: mortal

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

hypermorbidity

Questions

What does hypermortality mean?: Markedly high mortality, more than what might otherwise be expected (in any given disease or state of health).
Where does hypermortality come from?: From hyper- + mortality or hyper- + mortal + -ity.

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