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   Mor·tal·i·ty

   /môrˈtalədē/

   

   noun

   • 1. the state of being subject to death: "the work is increasingly haunted by thoughts of mortality" Similar impermanencetemporalitytransienceephemeralityimpermanencyperishabilityhumanitycorporealityearthlinessrare:corporalityOpposite immortality
   • 2. death, especially on a large scale: "the causes of mortality among infants and young children" Similar deathloss of lifedying
   • ▪ the number of deaths in a given area or period, or from a particular cause: "postoperative mortality was 90 percent for some operations" Similar impermanencetemporalitytransienceephemeralityimpermanencyperishabilityhumanitycorporealityearthlinessrare:corporalityOpposite immortality

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from Latin mortalitas, from mortalis (see mortal).

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