comorbidity

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co·mor·bid

 (kō-môr′bĭd)
adj.
Coexisting or concomitant with an unrelated pathological or disease process: patients with comorbid diabetes and depression.

co′mor·bid′i·ty n.
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comorbidity

(ˌkəʊmɔːˈbɪdɪtɪ)
n
(Pathology) the occurrence of more than one illness or condition at the same time
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comorbidity

n comorbilidad
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Donald Trump has an extreme and socially damaging narcissistic personality disorder with co-morbid delusions of grandeur.
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In the petition, Nawaz Sharif maintained that given the complicated and life threatening nature of the ischemic heart disease, carotid artery disease, lymphadenopathy and renal artery stenosis coupled with co-morbid diseases including blood pressure, Type II diabetes mellitus and third-stage chronic kidney disease, the medical professionals seeing Nawaz in Pakistan recommended that he should be treated by his regular practitioners in the United Kingdom.
In the petition, Nawaz maintained that given the complicated and life threatening nature of the ischemic heart disease, carotid artery disease, lymphadenopathy and renal artery stenosis coupled with co-morbid diseases including blood pressure, Type II diabetes mellitus and third-stage chronic kidney disease, the medical professionals seeing Nawaz in Pakistan recommended that he should be treated by his regular practitioners in the United Kingdom.
It says the recommendation is made given complicated and life threatening nature of Nawaz's ischemic heart disease, carotid artery disease, lymphadenopathy and renal artery stenosis coupled with co-morbid diseases blood pressure, Type-II diabetes mellitus and third-stage chronic kidney disease.
Results were also presented on the improvements in symptoms of depression in patients with moderate to severe co-morbid depression.
The study explored the socio-demographic factors, factors related to the initiation of substance use, types of substances used, co-morbid health and psychiatric conditions, healthcare utilisation and hurdles to accessing healthcare among people who use psychoactive substances in a treatment facility.
These admitted patients were resuscitated immediately and meanwhile, they were evaluated carefully for the presence of co-morbid conditions and surgical fitness.
Exclusion criteria included co-morbid rheumatologic diseases, inflammatory/infectious/autoimmune arthritis, co-morbid neuropsychiatric disorders except depressive disorders, pain due to traumatic injuries, drug history of duloxetine or saffron use, current use of psychoactive medications, recent use of muscle relaxants, steroids, opioid analgesics, benzodiazepines, anti-epileptics, or injective analgesics.
[USA], Nov 7(ANI): Turns out, at the time when autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can be first reliably diagnosed, toddlers affected by ASD already display emotional vulnerabilities potentially foreshadowing the emergence of co-morbid affective and behavioral conditions highly prevalent in older children.
After accounting for smoking, alcohol consumption, medication use, and co-morbid medical conditions, the investigators found that men with gout were 15 percent more likely than those without the disease to have ED.