Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

comorbid

/kəʊˈmɔː(ɹ).bɪd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.28 in modern English

Syllables: co-mor-bid
IPA: /kəʊˈmɔː(ɹ).bɪd/

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That occurs at the same time as another.

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-lbor. 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.

Derived Forms

noncomorbid

Frequently Paired Words

comorbidly comorbidity

Questions

How do you pronounce comorbid?: The recorded pronunciation is /kəʊˈmɔː(ɹ).bɪd/.
What does comorbid mean?: That occurs at the same time as another.
Where does comorbid come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-lbor. 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.

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