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Complication vs Comorbidity - What's the difference?

complication | comorbidity |

In medicine terms the difference between complication and comorbidity

is that complication is a disease or diseases, or adventitious circumstances or conditions, coexistent with and modifying a primary disease, but not necessarily connected with it while comorbidity is the effect of such additional disorders or diseases.

As nouns the difference between complication and comorbidity

is that complication is the act or process of complicating; the state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; entanglement; complexity while comorbidity is the presence of one or more disorders (or diseases) in addition to a primary disease or disorder.

complication

English

Noun

(wikipedia complication) (en noun)
  • The act or process of complicating; the state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; entanglement; complexity.
  • A person who doesn't fit in with the main scheme of things; an interloper; someone you need to placate.
  • (medicine) A disease or diseases, or adventitious circumstances or conditions, coexistent with and modifying a primary disease, but not necessarily connected with it.
  • A feature beyond basic time display in a timepiece.
  • References

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    comorbidity

    Noun

    (comorbidities)
  • (medicine) The presence of one or more disorders (or diseases) in addition to a primary disease or disorder.(rfex)
  • * {{quote-book
  • , title=Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Comorbidity , author=Ruth Gross-Isseroff, Abraham Weizman , year=2006 citation , passage=The reported comorbidity between categorical personality disorders and OCD ranges between 33 and 87 percent (Bejerot et al, 1998).}}
  • (medicine) The effect of such additional disorders or diseases.
  • See also

    * cooccurrence