comorbidities
Simultaneous health problems
Comorbidities are medical conditions that exist alongside a primary condition in the same patient.
A person hospitalized for heart failure might have comorbidities of diabetes and kidney disease.
The term appears frequently in clinical settings where multiple conditions complicate treatment: Patients with comorbidities face higher surgical risks.
The singular comorbidity refers to one such co-occurring condition.
Joint presence in context
- coexistingExisting at once
- concomitantAccompanying circumstance or condition
- concurrentHappening at once
- overlapPartial coincidence of coverage
interrelated · syndrome · polypharmacy · interconnection · interdependent · parallel · simultaneous · combined
Identification of illness
- prognosisPredicted disease course
- treatmentCare for an ailment
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
- chronicPersisting over time
hospitalization · complication · pathology · epidemiology · prevalence · incidence · mortality · sequelae
Metabolic disorder affecting glucose
- hypertensionChronic elevated arterial pressure
- obesityExcess body fat condition
- depressionProlonged low state
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
heart disease · COPD · arthritis · kidney disease · asthma · stroke · dementia · cancer
Liability to influence
- predispositionInnate tendency toward something
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- likelihoodChance something will occur
- severityIntensity of sternness
exposure · progression · exacerbation · complications · outcomes · prognosis · fragility · mortality risk
co-occurrence
Joint presence in context
- coexistingExisting at once
- concomitantAccompanying circumstance or condition
- concurrentHappening at once
overlap · interrelated · syndrome · polypharmacy · interconnection · interdependent · parallel · simultaneous · combined · aggregate
diagnosis
Identification of illness
- prognosisPredicted disease course
- treatmentCare for an ailment
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
chronic · hospitalization · complication · pathology · epidemiology · prevalence · incidence · mortality · sequelae · screening
diabetes
Metabolic disorder affecting glucose
- hypertensionChronic elevated arterial pressure
- obesityExcess body fat condition
- depressionProlonged low state
anxiety · heart disease · COPD · arthritis · kidney disease · asthma · stroke · dementia · cancer · HIV
susceptibility
Liability to influence
- predispositionInnate tendency toward something
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- likelihoodChance something will occur
severity · exposure · progression · exacerbation · complications · outcomes · prognosis · fragility · mortality risk
- Neurodiversityautism spectrum, ASD, neurodivergence, neurotypical, spectrum
- geriatric surgeryelderly patients, hip fractures, hip replacement, frailty, geriatrician
- diabetestype 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, blood sugar, insulin pump, insulin resistance
- disease causesetiology, causation, pathogens, genetics, infection
- medical casescase report, trauma case, emergency case, infectious disease, diagnosis
- bariatricsbariatric surgery, gastric bypass, lap band, bariatric surgeon, weight loss surgery
comorbiditiesperfect health
Complete physical wellbeing
clean bill of health · wellness · good health · robust health · full health
morbidity, morbid, moribund, morbidly, comorbidity, morbidness, comorbid