different between morbidezza vs morbidity

English

Etymology

From Italian morbidezza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m??(?)b??d?ts?/

Noun

morbidezza (uncountable)

1. Softness, smoothness; also in a negative sense, weakness, effeminacy.
2. (art) A naturalistic delicacy in flesh tones.

Italian

Etymology

morbido +? -ezza

Noun

morbidezza f (plural morbidezze)

1. softness, smoothness, tenderness, mellowness

Descendants

• ? English: morbidezza

Further reading

• morbidezza in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

English

Etymology

Recorded since 1656; from morbid, from Latin morbidus (“diseased”), from morbus (“disease”), from the root of mori (“to die”) or from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to rub, pound, wear away”).

Noun

morbidity (countable and uncountable, plural morbidities)

1. The quality of being unhealthful or diseased, sometimes including the cause.
2. The quality of being morbid; an attitude or state of mind marked by gloom.
3. (medicine) The incidence of a disease, as a rate of a population which is affected.
4. (medicine, countable) An occurrence of illness or disease, or a single symptom of that illness.
5. (medicine, countable) Adverse effects caused by a medical treatment such as surgery.
6. (demography, insurance) The sickness rate of a population.

Synonyms

• morbidness
• unwholesomeness

Derived terms

• comorbidity

Related terms

• morbidezza
• morbific
• morbidly
• morbific
• morbilli

Translations

See also

• soreness
• valetudinarianism