MORBID

morbid. Morbid, a. diseased, corrupt, unsound, infectious

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Mor″bid (?), a. [[L. morbidus, fr. morbus disease; prob. akin to mori to die: cf. F. morbide, It. morbido. See Mortal.]] 1. 1. Not sound and healthful; induced by a diseased or abnormal condition; diseased; sickly; as, morbid humors; a morbid constitution; a morbid state of the juices of a plant. “Her sick and morbid heart.” Hawthorne.
2. 2. Of or pertaining to disease or diseased parts; as, morbid anatomy.
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.