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morbo

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Esperanto

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Etymology

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From Latin morbus.

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Noun

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morbo (accusative singular morbon, plural morboj, accusative plural morbojn)

  1. (rare, pathology, formal, medicine) disease
    Synonym: malsano

Usage notes

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The native synonym malsano is overwhelmingly preferred over the rare scientific loanword morbo in every context. It sometimes appears in the names of eponymous diseases such as morbo de Parkinson.

Derived terms

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  • morba (morbid, pathological)

Interlingua

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Noun

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morbo (plural morbos)

  1. disease

Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin morbus.

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Noun

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morbo m (plural morbi)

  1. (pathology) disease
    Synonym: malattia
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Further reading

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  • morbo in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • morbo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

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Latin

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Noun

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morbō

  1. dative/ablative singular of morbus

Portuguese

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Etymology

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    Learned borrowing from Latin morbus. Doublet of mormo.

    Pronunciation

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    • Hyphenation: mor‧bo

    Noun

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    morbo m (plural morbos)

    1. illness, disease
      Synonym: doença
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    Spanish

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Latin morbus. Doublet of muermo.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈmoɾbo/ [ˈmoɾ.β̞o]
    • Rhymes: -oɾbo
    • Syllabification: mor‧bo

    Noun

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    morbo m (plural morbos)

    1. (pathology) disease
    2. attraction for unwholesome things; morbid interest
    3. morbid interest in other people or things
    4. (Argentina) peculiarity or deviation in sexual behaviour or taste; kink
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