Comorbidity
Full definition of comorbidity
Noun
comorbidity
(plural comorbidities)- (medicine) The presence of one or more disorders (or diseases) in addition to a primary disease or disorder.
- 2006, Ruth Gross-Isseroff, Abraham Weizman, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Comorbidity, The reported comorbidity between categorical personality disorders and OCD ranges between 33 and 87 percent (Bejerot et al, 1998).
- (medicine) The effect of such additional disorders or diseases.