MORBIDITY RATE
\mɔːbˈɪdɪti ɹˈe͡ɪt], \mɔːbˈɪdɪti ɹˈeɪt], \m_ɔː_b_ˈɪ_d_ɪ_t_i ɹ_ˈeɪ_t]\
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Morbidity rate is a basic factor in setting insurance premium rates. It is the likelihood that a person will suffer a disease, illness, injury, or sickness, based on being a member of a particular group, categorized by age or some other factor like occupation.
By Henry Campbell Black
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).