comorbidity
Concurrent medical conditions
Comorbidity is the presence of two or more medical conditions in the same patient at the same time: Obesity increases the risk of comorbidities like diabetes and heart disease.
The term appears frequently in clinical settings, where comorbidities complicate treatment and affect outcomes.
A patient's comorbidities—plural—are the additional conditions beyond the primary diagnosis.
Happening alongside another
- coexistenceSimultaneous presence together
- overlapPartial coincidence of coverage
- simultaneityState of coexisting temporally
- concomitanceSimultaneous existence or occurrence
polypharmacy · cluster · complication · sequelae · burden · index · count · cascade
Openness to harm
- predispositionInnate tendency toward something
- susceptibilityLiability to influence
- prevalenceState of being widespread
- incidenceRate of occurrence
likelihood · probability · screening · assessment · prognosis · mortality · outcomes · trajectory
Combined effect exceeding components
- interplayReciprocal action between things
- interdependenceReciprocal reliance between entities
- correlationStatistical relationship measure
- complexityState of being complicated
exacerbation · compounding · potentiation · drug interactions · contraindication
Metabolic disorder affecting glucose
- hypertensionChronic elevated arterial pressure
- depressionProlonged low state
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- obesityExcess body fat condition
asthma · COPD · arthritis · cardiovascular disease · stroke · dementia · chronic kidney disease · liver disease
Science of disease origins
- pathogenesisHow disease develops
- geneticsScience of hereditary transmission
- epigeneticsHeritable expression changes, sequence intact
- lifestylePersonal living pattern
environment · socioeconomic · psychosocial · metabolic · inflammation · shared pathways · bidirectional · mechanism
co-occurring
Happening alongside another
- coexistenceSimultaneous presence together
- overlapPartial coincidence of coverage
- simultaneityState of coexisting temporally
concomitance · polypharmacy · cluster · complication · sequelae · burden · index · count · cascade
vulnerability
Openness to harm
- predispositionInnate tendency toward something
- susceptibilityLiability to influence
- prevalenceState of being widespread
incidence · likelihood · probability · screening · assessment · prognosis · mortality · outcomes · trajectory · progression
synergy
Combined effect exceeding components
- interplayReciprocal action between things
- interdependenceReciprocal reliance between entities
- correlationStatistical relationship measure
complexity · exacerbation · compounding · potentiation · drug interactions · contraindication
diabetes
Metabolic disorder affecting glucose
- hypertensionChronic elevated arterial pressure
- depressionProlonged low state
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
obesity · asthma · COPD · arthritis · cardiovascular disease · stroke · dementia · chronic kidney disease · liver disease · cancer
etiology
Science of disease origins
- pathogenesisHow disease develops
- geneticsScience of hereditary transmission
- epigeneticsHeritable expression changes, sequence intact
lifestyle · environment · socioeconomic · psychosocial · metabolic · inflammation · shared pathways · bidirectional · mechanism · determinants
- medicinedoctor, doctors, hospital, medicine, surgery
- health factorsexercise, psychological factors, genetics, smoking, alcohol
- ADHDADHD, hyperactivity, inattention, impulsivity, fidgeting
- medical issuesdiagnosis, symptoms, complications, prognosis, treatment failure
- medical termsdiagnosis, disorder, surgery, disease, illness
- disordersADHD, disorder, anxiety, dysfunction, autism
comorbiditywellness
Overall state of health
clean bill of health · good health · healthy · disease-free · asymptomatic