multimorbid

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mel-der.

Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós?

Proto-Italic *moltos

Latin multus

Latin multīder.

Middle English multi-

English multi-

Proto-Indo-European *mer-der.?

Latin morbus

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *-iðos

Latin -idus

Latin morbidusder.

English morbid

English multimorbid

From multi- + morbid.

Adjective

multimorbid (comparative more multimorbid, superlative most multimorbid)

1. Suffering from more than one chronic illness at the same time.

Synonyms

• comorbid

Derived terms

• multimorbidity

Translations

suffering from more than one illness

• Finnish: monisairas
• German: multimorbid
• Greek: πολυνοσηρός (el) (polynosirós)
• Serbo-Croatian: multimorbidan