All 3 Uses of
mortality
in
Gifted Hands
- However, the side effects and mortality associated with the surgery were so great that hemispherectomy quickly fell out of favor as a viable surgical option.†
p. 136.6
- But again, the morbidity and mortality turned out to be high.†
p. 136.9
- Beginning that day, I read articles and papers that detailed the problems causing the high complication rate and mortality.†
p. 140.9 *
Definition:
the quality of being mortal (subject to death)
or:
death rate -- often given per 1,000 people per year
or:
death rate -- often given per 1,000 people per year