morbific

Definitions


[mɔːˈbɪfɪk], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- causing disease
(e.g: in cholera the morbific matter is taken into the alimentary canal)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 17th century: from French morbifique or modern Latin morbificus, from Latin morbus ‘disease’




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