Mor"bid (?), a. [L. morbidus,
fr. morbus disease; prob. akin to mori to die: cf. F.
morbide, It. morbido. See Mortal.]
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. 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.
