comorbidity
English
Noun
comorbidity (plural comorbidities)
- (medicine) (uncountable) The presence of one or more disorders (or diseases) in addition to a primary disease or disorder.
- Extensive comorbidity is the hallmark of immunodeficiencies.
- (medicine) (countable) A disease thus coexisting.
- Coronary artery disease is often a comorbidity of diabetes mellitus.
- (medicine) (uncountable) The effect of such additional disorders or diseases.
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Translations
presence of one or more disorders
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