mortality
/mɔːˈtæləti/ noun [U]Definition
NUMBER › the number of deaths at a particular time or in a particular place: infant mortality the mortality rate
NOT LIVING FOREVER › the way that people do not live forever: Her death made him more aware of his own mortality.
(Definition of mortality noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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