comorbid

English

Etymology

co- +‎ morbid

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.

Related terms

• comorbidly
• comorbidity

Translations

Translations

• German: komorbid (de)
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Further reading

• “comorbid”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.