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moribund

Dying; at the point of death. [L. moribundus, dying, fr. morior, to die]

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mor·i·bund 'mȯr-ə-(.)bənd, 'mär- adj 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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adj.

dying.

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mor·i·bund (morґĭ-bund″) [L. moribundus] in a dying state.

Medical dictionary. 2011.