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Comorbid vs Multimorbid - What's the difference?

comorbid | multimorbid | Synonyms |

Multimorbid is a synonym of comorbid.



As adjectives the difference between comorbid and multimorbid

is that comorbid is that occurs at the same time as another while multimorbid is suffering from more than one chronic illness at the same time.

comorbid

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (medicine, of a disease or symptom) That occurs at the same time as another
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    • , passage=Research shows that depression is often comorbid with other psychiatric and physical illnesses citation , title=Healthy People 2000 , year=2000}}
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    • , passage=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. , url=http://books.google.com/books?id=2SXuXnlz3PgC&pg=PA151&dq=comorbid&lr=&as_brr=1&ei=FZX5SrflN4XgyAT_kJjlDg
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    • , title=Mental Health Atlas 2005 , year=2005 }}

    Related terms

    * comorbidly * comorbidity

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    multimorbid

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Suffering from more than one chronic illness at the same time.

    • Synonyms

    *comorbid

    Derived terms

    *multimorbidity