comorbidity

plural comorbidities · alternative co-morbidity

1. uncountablemedicineThe presence of one or more disorders (or diseases) in addition to a primary disease or disorder.

   Extensive comorbidity is the hallmark of immunodeficiencies.

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   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

2. countablemedicineA disease thus coexisting.

   Coronary artery disease is often a comorbidity of diabetes mellitus.

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   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

3. uncountablemedicineThe effect of such additional disorders or diseases.