noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˌkəʊmɔːˈbɪdɪti/
Canada, General-American:/ˌkoʊmoɹˈbɪdɪti/
Canada, General-American:[ˌkoʊmoɹˈbɪɾɪɾi]
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1
noun
Meaning 1
The presence of one or more disorders (or diseases) in addition to a primary disease or disorder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
Examples
Extensive comorbidity is the hallmark of immunodeficiencies.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A disease thus coexisting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: medicine, sciences
Examples
Coronary artery disease is often a comorbidity of diabetes mellitus.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
The effect of such additional disorders or diseases.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From co- + morbidity or comorbid + -ity.
Across languages
Translations
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Czech:
komorbidita
— presence of one or more disorders in addition to a primary one
Dutch:
comorbiditeit
— presence of one or more disorders in addition to a primary one
Finnish:
komorbiditeetti
— presence of one or more disorders in addition to a primary one
Finnish:
oheissairastavuus
— presence of one or more disorders in addition to a primary one
Finnish:
rinnakkaissairastavuus
— presence of one or more disorders in addition to a primary one
French:
comorbidité
— presence of one or more disorders in addition to a primary one
German:
Komorbidität
— presence of one or more disorders in addition to a primary one
German:
Begleiterkrankung
— presence of one or more disorders in addition to a primary one
Greek:
συννοσηρότητα
(synnosirótita)
— presence of one or more disorders in addition to a primary one
Hungarian:
komorbiditás
— presence of one or more disorders in addition to a primary one
Indonesian:
komorbiditas
— presence of one or more disorders in addition to a primary one
Norwegian Bokmål:
komorbiditet
— presence of one or more disorders in addition to a primary one
Norwegian Nynorsk:
komorbiditet
— presence of one or more disorders in addition to a primary one
Persian:
همایندی مرضی
— presence of one or more disorders in addition to a primary one
Polish:
współchorobowość
— presence of one or more disorders in addition to a primary one
Portuguese:
comorbidade
— presence of one or more disorders in addition to a primary one
Romanian:
comorbiditate
— presence of one or more disorders in addition to a primary one
Russian:
коморбидность
(komorbidnostʹ)
— presence of one or more disorders in addition to a primary one
Spanish:
comorbilidad
— presence of one or more disorders in addition to a primary one
Ukrainian:
коморбідність
(komorbidnistʹ)
— presence of one or more disorders in addition to a primary one
