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plural comorbidities
(medicine, uncountable) The presence of one or more disorders (or diseases) in addition to a primary disease or disorder. quotations examples
The reported comorbidity between categorical personality disorders and OCD ranges between 33 and 87 percent (Bejerot et al, 1998).
2006, Ruth Gross-Isseroff, Abraham Weizman, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Comorbidity
(medicine, countable) A disease thus coexisting. quotations examples
Yet in private conversations, members of his staff were also candid that the president has comorbidities that could make him more susceptible to a severe bout of the virus.
2020 October 2, “Trump’s Positive Coronavirus Test Upends Campaign in Final Stretch”, in New York Times
(medicine, uncountable) The effect of such additional disorders or diseases. examples