noun · academic
comorbidity
UK/ˌkəʊməˈbɪdɪti/US/ˌkoʊməˈbɪdɪti/co·mor·BI·di·ty
Band 7+speakingtask2
The presence of one or more additional medical conditions co-occurring with a primary condition.
Examples
“Elderly patients often have multiple comorbidities.”
“Comorbidity increases the complexity of treatment.”
“We must consider comorbidity when assessing recovery chances.”
Band 8 sentence
“When modelling hospital outcomes, it's essential to control for comorbidity to avoid biased results.”
Collocations
- multiple comorbidities
- coexisting comorbidities
- comorbidity profile
Word family
comorbid adjectivecomorbidities noun (plural)
Common mistakes
complication→comorbidity
two diseases→comorbidity
Say it for a higher band
5sickness→6illness→7+comorbidity
Synonyms
coexisting conditions
concurrent illnesses
Easily confused
complication
“Her diabetes led to a serious complication.”
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