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comorbid en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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  • /kəʊˈmɔː(ɹ).bɪd/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-lbor. English co- Proto-Indo-European *mer-der.? Latin morbus Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin morbidusder. English morbid English comorbid From co- + morbid.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, of a disease or symptom) That occurs at the same time as another.
    • 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. 2005, Mental Health Atlas 2005:
    • Research shows that depression is often comorbid with other psychiatric and physical illnesses 2000, Healthy People 2000:

Deriveds

noncomorbid

Relateds

comorbidly · comorbidity

Translations (7)

vi cùng mắc (Translations) · vi đồng mắc (Translations) · de komorbid (Translations) · fi komorbidinen (Translations) · id komorbid (Translations) · vi mắc kèm (Translations) · vi đồng diễn (Translations)