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Vinony

comorbid

adjective

  1. co-occurrence of medical conditions
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /kəʊˈmɔː(ɹ).bɪd/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- Proto-Indo-European *mer-der.? Latin morbus Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin morbidusder. English morbid English comorbid From co- + morbid.

  1. That occurs at the same time as another.

    “Research shows that depression is often comorbid with other psychiatric and physical illnesses”

    “They found that PTSD (50,3% men, 36.5% women), alcohol dependence (60.5% men, 8.1% women) and comorbid alcohol dependence and PTSD (69.6% men, 11.7% women) were common.”