Comorbidity
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌkəʊmɔː(ɹ)ˈbɪdɪti/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Comorbidity is a noun meaning (medicine, uncountable) The presence of one or more disorders (or diseases) in addition to a primary disease or disorder.
Meaning
(medicine, uncountable) The presence of one or more disorders (or diseases) in addition to a primary disease or disorder.
More Meanings
- (medicine, countable) A disease thus coexisting.
- (medicine, uncountable) The effect of such additional disorders or diseases.
Example Sentences
Extensive comorbidity is the hallmark of immunodeficiencies.
Coronary artery disease is often a comorbidity of diabetes mellitus.
The reported comorbidity between categorical personality disorders and OCD ranges between 33 and 87 percent (Bejerot et al, 1998).
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.
Word Forms
- comorbidities
- co-morbidity
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include proband, co-morbidity, coprevalence, co-occurrence, concomitancy, cooccurrence.
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