mortality
1. the quality or state of being mortal (Freq. 4) • Ant: immortality • Derivationally related forms: mortal • Hypernyms: impermanence, impermanency 2. the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year • Syn: deathrate, death rate, mortality rate, fatality rate • Hypernyms: rate • Hyponyms: infant deathrate, infant mortality, infant mortality rate, neonatal mortality, neonatal mortality rate
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