mortality

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  1. noun The quality or condition of being mortal.
  2. noun Mortals considered as a group; the human race.
  3. noun Death, especially of large numbers; heavy loss of life: the mortality wrought by an epidemic.
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  • We cannot define an infinite class in this way because we are mortal, but our mortality is an empirical fact which logicians should ignore. —  My Philosophical Development
  • He says man creates illusions under which to live in order to distract himself from the awareness of his mortality, which is unbearable. —  Brave New Traveler
  • NHANES III is used instead of NHANES 1999-2002 when specific markers of interest are available only in NHANES III and when we examine the relationship of biomarkers to mortality which is only known for NHANES III. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Kimiko is somewhat obsessed with finding a way to circumvent her mortality, which is expressed in "Hob." —  Comic Book Resources
  • "Last year's mortality data indicates the government has not been effective in reducing human caused mortality, which is a critical aspect in the recovery of this species at risk," said Philip Penner with Federation of Alberta Naturalists. —  YubaNet.com
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  1. from Middle English mortalite, mortalyte, from Old French mortalite, French mortalité = Spanish mortalidad = Portuguese mortalidade = Italian mortalità, from Latin mortalita(t-)s, the state of being subject to death, from mortalis, mortal: see mortal.
 

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