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   Morbid (?), a. [L. morbidus, fr. morbus disease; prob. akin to mori to die: cf. F. morbide, It. morbido. See Mortal.]
   1. Not sound and healthful; induced by a diseased or abnormal condition; diseased; sickly; as, “a morbid condition; a morbid constitution; a morbid state of the juices of a plant.” “Her sick and morbid heart.”  Hawthorne.
   
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   2. Of or pertaining to disease or diseased parts; as, “morbid anatomy”.
   
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   3. Indicating an unhealthy mental attitude or disposition; especially, abnormally gloomy, to an extent not justified by the situation; preoccupied with death, disease, or fear of death; as, “a morbid interest in details of a disaster”.
   
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   4. Gruesome; as, “a morbid topic”.
   
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   Syn. -- Diseased; sickly; sick.  -- Morbid, Diseased. Morbid is sometimes used interchangeably with diseased, but is commonly applied, in a somewhat technical sense, to cases of a prolonged nature; as, “a morbid condition of the nervous system”; a morbid sensibility, etc.
   
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