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moribund

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adjective mor·i·bund \ˈmȯr-ə-(ˌ)bənd, ˈmär-\

Medical Definition of moribund

  1. :  being in the state of dying :  approaching death <in the moribund patient deepening stupor and coma are the usual preludes to death—Norman Cameron>





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