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Also known as comorbid

In medicine, comorbidity refers to the simultaneous presence of two or more medical conditions in a person; often co-occurring (that is, concomitant or concurrent) with a primary condition. It originates from the Latin term (meaning "sickness") prefixed with ("together") and suffixed with -ity (to indicate a state or condition). Comorbidity includes all additional ailments a person may experience alongside a primary diagnosis, which can be either physiological or psychological in nature. In the context of mental health, comorbidity may refer to the concurrent existence of mental disorders, for