Definitions For Comorbidity

Noun

COMORBIDITY (plural COMORBIDITYs) (medicine, uncountable) The presence of one or more disorders (or diseases) in addition to a primary disease or disorder. : {{ux, en, Extensive comorbidity is the hallmark of immunodeficiencies.}} (medicine, countable) A disease thus coexisting. : {{ux, en, Coronary artery disease is often a comorbidity of diabetes mellitus.}} (medicine, uncountable) The effect of such additional disorders or diseases.

Synonyms

comorbid condition co-morbid condition

Related terms

comorbid morbidity morbid

Translations

Chinese: : Mandarin: {{t-needed, cmn}} Czech: komorbidita, f Dutch: comorbiditeit, f Esperanto: {{t-needed, eo}} Finnish: komorbiditeetti French: comorbidité, f German: Komorbidität, f, Begleiterkrankung Hungarian: komorbiditás Indonesian: komorbiditas Italian: {{t-needed, it}} Japanese: {{t-needed, ja}} Korean: {{t-needed, ko}} Norwegian: : Bokmål: komorbiditet, m : Nynorsk: komorbiditet, m Persian: همایندی مرضی, sc=fa-Arab Romanian: comorbiditate, f Russian: коморбидность Spanish: comorbilidad, f Ukrainian: коморбідність, f Finnish: rinnakkaissairaus Hungarian: komorbiditás Indonesian: komorbiditas Romanian: comorbiditate, f Vietnamese: bệnh mắc kèm, bệnh đồng mắc, bệnh cùng mắc, bệnh đồng diễn

Alternative forms

{{alt, en, co-morbidity}}

Etymology

From {{pre, en, co, morbidity}}.

See also

complication cooccurrence (co-occurrence, coöccurrence) sequela