comorbid

comorbid

English

Etymology

    From co- + morbid.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /kəʊˈmɔː(ɹ).bɪd/
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    Adjective

    comorbid (not comparable)

    1. (medicine, of a disease or symptom) That occurs at the same time as another.
      • 2000, Healthy People 2000[1]:
        Research shows that depression is often comorbid with other psychiatric and physical illnesses
      • 2005, Mental Health Atlas 2005[2]:
        They found that PTSD (50,3% men, 36.5% women), alcohol dependence (60.5% men, 8.1% women) and comorbid alcohol dependence and PTSD (69.6% men, 11.7% women) were common.

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    • comorbid”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.