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co·mor·bid·i·ty (k

môr-b

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)

A concomitant but unrelated pathological or disease process.

comorbidity,

two or more coexisting medical conditions or disease processes that are additional to an initial diagnosis.

comorbidity [ko″mor-bid´ĭ-te]

1. a comorbid disease or condition.

2. the state of being comorbid.

3. the extent to which two pathological conditions occur together in a given population.

comorbidity (kōˈ·mōr·biˑ·d

·tē),

n presence of additional conditions with the initially diagnosed illness.

comorbidity

The simultaneous presence of 2+ morbid conditions or diseases in the same Pt, which may complicate a Pt's hospital stay; in the US health care system, comorbidity carries considerable weight in determining the reasonable length of hospitalization under the DRG classification of diseases. See DRGs.

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