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MORIBUND
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Dictionary entry overview: What does moribund mean?
• MORIBUND (adjective)
The adjective MORIBUND has 2 senses:
1. not growing or changing; without force or vitality
2. being on the point of death; breathing your last
Familiarity information: MORIBUND used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not growing or changing; without force or vitality
Synonyms:
moribund; stagnant
Similar:
adynamic; undynamic (characterized by an absence of force or forcefulness)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Being on the point of death; breathing your last
Context example:
a moribund patient
Similar:
dying (in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be)
Context examples
Moribund; fatal processes progressing rapidly.
(Karnofsky Performance Status 10, NCI Thesaurus)
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