Meanings
adjectivemultimorbid (comparative more multimorbid, superlative most multimorbid)
comparative more multimorbid · superlative most multimorbid
- Suffering from more than one chronic illness at the same time.
Synonyms: comorbid
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSuffering from more than one chronic illness at the same time.
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Origin
- Proto-Italic*moltos
- Latinmultus
- Latinmultī
- Middle Englishmulti-
- Englishmulti-
- Proto-Indo-European*mer-der.?
- Latinmorbus
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Latinmorbidus
- Englishmorbid
- Englishmultimorbid
Translations
Finnish monisairas
- monisairassuffering from more than one illness
German multimorbid
- multimorbidsuffering from more than one illness
Greek πολυνοσηρός
- πολυνοσηρός (polynosirós)suffering from more than one illness
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APA
multimorbid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multimorbid
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“multimorbid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multimorbid. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “multimorbid,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multimorbid.
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