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multimorbidity en · NOUN

Etymology

From multi- + morbidity.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable, usually) The condition of being multimorbid.
    • Yet people with multiple health problems — a condition known as multimorbidity — are largely overlooked both in medical research and in the nation’s clinics and hospitals. 2009 March 31, Siri Carpenter, “Treating an Illness Is One Thing. What About a Patient With Many?”, in New York Times:

Forms

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multimorbidities Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

comorbidity

Translations (3)

sh multimorbiditet (the condition of being multimorbid) · fi monisairaus (the condition of being multimorbid) · el πολυνοσηρότητα (the condition of being multimorbid)