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comorbidity

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co·mor·bid·i·ty (kmôr-bd-t)
n.
A concomitant but unrelated pathological or disease process.

comorbidity (kōˈ·mōr·biˑ·d·tē),
n presence of additional conditions with the initially diagnosed illness.

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