comorbidity
nounUK /ˌkəʊmɔːˈbɪdɪti/ · CA, US /ˌkoʊmoɹˈbɪdɪti/
Etymology From co- + morbidity or comorbid + -ity.
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Medicine, Sciences The presence of one or more disorders (or diseases) in addition to a primary disease or disorder.
- Extensive comorbidity is the hallmark of immunodeficiencies.
- The reported comorbidity between categorical personality disorders and OCD ranges between 33 and 87 percent (Bejerot et al, 1998).2006, Ruth Gross-Isseroff, Abraham Weizman, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Comorbidity:
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Medicine, Sciences A disease thus coexisting.
- Coronary artery disease is often a comorbidity of diabetes mellitus.
- Yet in private conversations, members of his staff were also candid that the president has comorbidities that could make him more susceptible to a severe bout of the virus.2020 October 2, “Trump’s Positive Coronavirus Test Upends Campaign in Final Stretch”, in New York Times:
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Medicine, Sciences The effect of such additional disorders or diseases.
- Synonyms
- comorbid condition, co-morbid condition
- Related terms
- comorbid, morbidity, morbid, complication, cooccurrence, multimorbidity, sequela