English

Noun

comorbidity ‎(plural comorbidities)

1. (medicine) The presence of one or more disorders (or diseases) in addition to a primary disease or disorder.(Can we add an example for this sense?)
   • 2006, Ruth Gross-Isseroff, Abraham Weizman, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Comorbidity:

     The reported comorbidity between categorical personality disorders and OCD ranges between 33 and 87 percent (Bejerot et al, 1998).

2. (medicine) The effect of such additional disorders or diseases.

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Related terms

• comorbid

See also

• cooccurrence