Definitions for comorbidity
co·mor·bid·i·ty

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1. comorbiditynoun

   The presence of one or more disorders (or diseases) in addition to a primary disease or disorder.

2. comorbiditynoun

   The effect of such additional disorders or diseases.

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1. Comorbidity

   In medicine, comorbidity is either the presence of one or more disorders in addition to a primary disease or disorder, or the effect of such additional disorders or diseases.

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1. Comorbidity

   The presence of co-existing or additional diseases with reference to an initial diagnosis or with reference to the index condition that is the subject of study. Comorbidity may affect the ability of affected individuals to function and also their survival; it may be used as a prognostic indicator for length of hospital stay, cost factors, and outcome or survival.

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of comorbidity in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of comorbidity in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of comorbidity in a Sentence

1. Kathryn Smerling:

   Addiction is a symptom of what’s going on in your own psychology. It’s more dangerous when you have a character disorder like psychosis or bipolar, it’s a very common comorbidity, once you learn what your demons are you can conquer them, but you have to be willing to conquer them.

2. Alex Azar:

   We are telling states they should open vaccinations to all people... 65 and over and all people under age 65 with a comorbidity with some form of medical documentation.

3. Bhramar Mukherjee:

   The real challenge with capturing Covid deaths is because the cause of death is often assigned a comorbidity like kidney disease or heart disease, that's why many countries are now doing excess death calculations, excess mortality calculations, in the UK and United States.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Comorbidity
2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=comorbidity