Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

comorbidity

/ˌkoʊmoɹˈbɪdɪti/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.21 in modern English

Syllables: co-mor-bid-i-ty
IPA: /ˌkoʊmoɹˈbɪdɪti/

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The presence of one or more disorders (or diseases) in addition to a primary disease or disorder.

Uncountable

noun

A disease thus coexisting.

Countable

noun

The effect of such additional disorders or diseases.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Extensive comorbidity is the hallmark of immunodeficiencies."
"The reported comorbidity between categorical personality disorders and OCD ranges between 33 and 87 percent (Bejerot et al, 1998)."
"Coronary artery disease is often a comorbidity of diabetes mellitus."
"Yet in private conversations, members of his staff were also candid that the president has comorbidities that could make him more susceptible to a severe bout of the virus."

Etymology

From co- + morbidity or comorbid + -ity.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: co
Suffix: comorbid

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌkoʊmoɹˈbɪdɪti/
British English: /ˌkəʊmɔːˈbɪdɪti/

Usage

Inflected Forms

comorbidities (plural) co-morbidity (alternative)

Derived Forms

comorbidome

Frequently Paired Words

comorbid morbidity morbid complication cooccurrence multimorbidity sequela

Synonyms

comorbid condition co-morbid condition

Questions

How do you pronounce comorbidity?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌkoʊmoɹˈbɪdɪti/.
What does comorbidity mean?: The presence of one or more disorders (or diseases) in addition to a primary disease or disorder.
Where does comorbidity come from?: From co- + morbidity or comorbid + -ity.

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