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   Mor·tal

   /ˈmôrdl/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (of a living human being, often in contrast to a divine being) subject to death: "all men are mortal" Similar perishablephysicalbodilycorporealfleshlycorporalearthlyhumanearth-bornimpermanenttemporalworldlytransientephemeralpassingrare:sublunaryOpposite immortal
   • ▪ relating to humanity as subject to death: "the coffin held the mortal remains of her uncle" Similar perishablephysicalbodilycorporealfleshlycorporalearthlyhumanearth-bornimpermanenttemporalworldlytransientephemeralpassingrare:sublunaryOpposite immortal
   • 2. causing or liable to cause death; fatal: "a mortal disease" Similar deadlyfatallethaldeath-dealingkillingmurderousdestructiveterminalincurable
   • ▪ (of a battle) fought to the death: "from the outbuildings came the screams of men in mortal combat" Similar irreconcilabledeadlyto the deathswornbitterout-and-outimplacablerelentlessunrelentingunappeasableremorselessmerciless
   • ▪ (of an enemy or a state of hostility) admitting or allowing no reconciliation until death: "a mortal foe" Similar irreconcilabledeadlyto the deathswornbitterout-and-outimplacablerelentlessunrelentingunappeasableremorselessmercilessunpardonableunforgivableirremissibleOpposite venial
   • ▪ (of a feeling, especially fear) very intense: "parents live in mortal fear of children's diseases" Similar extremevery greatgreatenormousterribleawfuldreadfulintenseseveregravedireinordinateunbearableagonizing
   • 3. denoting a grave sin that is regarded as depriving the soul of divine grace. "she had committed a mortal sin" Similar unpardonableunforgivableirremissibleOpposite venial
   • 4. conceivable or imaginable: informal "punishment out of all mortal proportion to the offense" Similar conceivableimaginableperceivablepossibleearthly
   • ▪ very great: "he was in a mortal hurry"
   • ▪ long and tedious: dated "for three mortal days it rained"

   noun

   • 1. a human being subject to death, often contrasted with a divine being: "capacities only possible of God rather than mortals"
   • ▪ a person contrasted with others regarded as being of higher status or ability: "an ambassador had to live in a style that was not expected of lesser mortals"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin mortalis, from mors, mort- ‘death’.

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   1 day ago · The human skull is used universally as a symbol of death. Death is the irreversible cessation of all biological functions that sustain a living organism. [1] The remains of a former organism normally begin to decompose shortly after death. [2] Death eventually and inevitably occurs in all organisms.

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   May 15, 2024 · Según la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS), la mortalidad se refiere al número y causa de defunciones producidas en un lugar y un intervalo de tiempo. En este sentido, se discrimina la mortalidad de acuerdo a los siguientes tipos: Mortalidad por causas endógenas: agrupa aquellas muertes producidas por condiciones genéticas de los individuos.

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   2 days ago · Logic is the study of correct reasoning. It includes both formal and informal logic. Formal logic is the study of deductively valid inferences or logical truths. It examines how conclusions follow from premises due to the structure of arguments alone, independent of their topic and content.