Medical Dictionary

moribund

adj mor·i·bund \ˈmr-ə-(ˌ)bənd, ˈmär-\

Medical Definition of MORIBUND

:  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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