Usually means: Near death; ceasing to function.
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  1. moribund: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. moribund: Merriam-Webster
  3. moribund: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. moribund: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. moribund: Collins English Dictionary
  6. moribund: Vocabulary.com
  7. Moribund, moribund: Wordnik
  8. moribund: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. moribund: Wiktionary
  10. moribund: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. moribund: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. moribund: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. moribund: Dictionary.com
  14. moribund: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Moribund (album), Moribund: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Moribund: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. moribund: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. moribund: Rhymezone
  19. Moribund: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. Moribund: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  21. moribund: FreeDictionary.org
  22. moribund: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. moribund: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. moribund: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. moribund: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. moribund: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. moribund: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. moribund: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See moribundity as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Approaching death; about to die; dying; expiring.
adjective:  (figurative) Almost obsolete; nearing an end.
noun:  A person who is near to dying.

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