morbus

Meaning

1. (declension-2, masculine) a disease, illness, malady, sickness, disorder, distemper, ailment
2. (declension-2, masculine) a fault, vice, failing
3. (declension-2, masculine) sorrow, grief, distress
4. (declension-2, masculine) death

Concepts

disease

sickness

illness

ailment

malady

disorder

frailty

disability

impairment

infirmity

sick

🤢

deformity

weakness

distemper

Opposite of

salūs, valētūdō

Synonyms

aegritudo

infirmitas

aegror

aeger

🤢

ægritudo

ægror

Translations

Krankheit

malattia

maladie

doença

enfermedad

ziekte

malaltia

ασθένεια

hastalık

αρρώστια

Erkrankung

νόσος

مرض

disturbo

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈmɔr.bʊs]

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to die”), the same root of morī (“to die”), with an extension *-bʰo-, possibly *-bʰh₂o- from *bʰeh₂- (“to appear”), and thus meaning “appearing like death”.