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t 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.

Delicacy or softness in the representation of flesh.

The quality or state of being morbid.

In a morbid manner.

The quality or state of being morbid; morbidity.

collection of pus or purulent matter in any tissue or organ of the body, the result of a morbid process. Cold abscess, an abscess of slow formation, unattended with the pain and heat characteristic of ordinary abscesses, and lasting for years without exhibiting any tendency towards healing; a chronic abscess.…

A morbid condition characterized by the presence of acetone in the blood, as in diabetes.

A morbid condition causing a peculiar brownish discoloration of the skin, and thought, at one time, to be due to disease of the suprarenal capsules (two flat triangular bodies covering the upper part of the kidneys), but now known not to be dependent upon this causes exclusively. It is usually fatal.…

A benign tumor of a glandlike structure; morbid enlargement of a gland. -- Ad`e*nom"a*tous, a.

Disease; morbid symptom; malady; as, a pulmonary affection. Dunglison.

Indisposition or morbid affection. Pope.

Indisposition; morbid affection of the body; -- not applied ordinarily to acute diseases. "Little ailments." Landsdowne.

nization the substance which gives color to the skin, hair, and eyes is deficient or in a morbid state. An albino has a skin of a milky hue, with hair of the same color, and eyes with deep red pupil and pink or blue iris. The term is also used of the lower animals, as white mice, elephants, etc.; and of plants in a whi…

A morbid condition due to excessive increase of albuminous elements in the blood.

A morbid condition in which albumin is present in the urine.

Gradually changing, or tending to change, a morbid state of the functions into one of health. Burton.

of wax, found floating in the Indian Ocean and other parts of the tropics, and also as a morbid secretion in the intestines of the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus), which is believed to be in all cases its true origin. In color it is white, ash-gray, yellow, or black, and often variegated like marble. The floating…

A morbid condition in which the blood is deficient in quality or in quantity.

A morbid or monstrous development, or change of form, or degeneration.

To swell or hang down like a full bag; as, the skin bags from containing morbid matter.