See Also: moribund(medicine)
Moribund(health)
moribund(dictionary)
moribund(dictionary)

deterge (iou) and moribund (oh)


deterge (iou)



deterge verb trans. E17.
[French deterger or Latin detergere, from de- DE- 1 + tergere wipe.]
Cleanse (formerly esp. Medicine, of pus or Other morbid matter); wash off or out.

moribund (oh)



[Date: 1700-1800; Language: Latin; Origin: moribundus, from mori 'to die']
a moribund organization, industry, etc is no longer active or effective and may be coming to an end
::The region's heavy industry is still inefficient and moribund.
::A cut in interest rates will help the country's moribund housing market.
literary slowly dying
::The patient was moribund by the time the doctor arrived.