Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

morbus

/ˈmɔɹbəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.49 in modern English

Syllables: mor-bus
IPA: /ˈmɔɹbəs/

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Formal

Example Sentences

"I thought he were took with the Morbus one day, I did with his nasty angle! For “oh dear,” says he, and burst out in a cry, “oh my gut is all got of a tangle!”"
"Probably no small share of our cholera morbuses, diarrhœas, and dysenteries, have their origin in this source."
"Unfortunately, most of the morbi accepted in modern medicine are only taxonomic entities whose causal derivation is merely partially known and therefore polygenic."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mer-der.? Latin morbusbor. English morbus Borrowed from Latin morbus.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈmɔɹbəs/
British English: /ˈmɔːbəs/

Usage

Formal

Inflected Forms

morbuses (plural) morbi (plural)

Phrases

cholera morbus morbus coxarius morbus cyclometricus morbus Dupuytren morbus mucosus

Frequently Paired Words

cholera morbus morbus coxarius morbus cyclometricus morbus Dupuytren morbus mucosus

Questions

How do you pronounce morbus?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɔɹbəs/.
What does morbus mean?: A disease.
Where does morbus come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mer-der.? Latin morbusbor. English morbus Borrowed from Latin morbus.

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