See Also: morbosity(medicine)

marmot (iou) and morbosity (medicine)


marmot (iou)



marmot noun. E17.
[French marmotte, prob. alt. of Romansch murmont from Proto-Romance word meaning 'mountain mouse'.]
Any of several burrowing colonial rodents of the genus Marmota, belonging to the same family (Sciuridae) as squirrels and found on high grassland in Europe, Asia, and N. America. Also (with specifying word), any of various similar mammals.
hoary marmot: see HOARY 4. Polish marmot = BOBAC. PRAIRIE marmot. whistling marmot: see WHISTLING ppl adjective.

morbosity (medicine)


morbosity


A diseased state; unhealthiness.

Origin: L. Morbositas.

Source: Websters Dictionary