mortality meaning

Noun: mortality  mor'talitee

1. The quality or state of being mortal 
2. The ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year
   - deathrate, death rate, mortality rate, fatality rate

Derived forms: mortalities

See also: mortal

Type of: impermanence, impermanency, rate

Antonym: immortality

Encyclopedia: Mortality

[Medicine]
All deaths reported in a given population. n pl -ties
1 : the quality or state of being mortal
2
a : the number of deaths in a given time or place
b : the proportion of deaths to population : DEATH RATE —called also mortality rate —compare FERTILITY 2 MORBIDITY 2

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1. all the fish exhibited mortality response.
2. she was haunted with his mortality.
3. the biota exhibited a one hundred percent mortality response.
4. the mortality curve ascends gradually to a plateau at age 65.
5. each, in his own way, sits quietly considering mortality.