multimorbidity

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multi- +‎ morbidity

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multimorbidity (usually uncountable, plural multimorbidities)

  1. The condition of being multimorbid.
    • 2009 March 31, Siri Carpenter, “Treating an Illness Is One Thing. What About a Patient With Many?”, in New York Times[1]:
      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.

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