In medicine, comorbidity is the presence of one or more additional disorders (or diseases) co-occurring with a primary disease or disorder; or the effect of such additional disorders or diseases. The additional disorder may also be a behavioral or mental disorder. In medicine, the term `comorbid` can be either medical condition(s) existing simul.....
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The condition of having two or more diseases at the same time.
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The presence of coexisting or additional diseases with reference to an initial diagnosis or with reference to the index condition that is the subject of study. Comorbidity may affect the ability of affected individuals to function and also their survival; it may be used as a prognostic indicator for length of hospital stay, cost factors, and outcom...
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(ko″mor-bid´ĭ-te) a comorbid disease or condition. the state of being comorbid. the extent to which two pathological conditions occur together in a given population.
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The simultaneous appearance of two or more illnesses, such as the co-occurrence of schizophrenia and
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Type: Term Pronunciation: kō′mōr-bid′i-tē Definitions: 1. A concomitant but unrelated pathologic or disease process; usually used in epidemiology to indicate the coexistence of two or more disease processes.
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Comorbidity: The coexistence of two or more disease processes.
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(n.), potentially fatal side-effect brought about by a disease process. Specific to morbid obesity, excess buildup of fatty tissue can cause comorbidities such as diabetes and cardiac arrest.
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The experience of more than one disorder at the same time.
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