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multimorbidity

multimorbidity noun: the condition of being multimorbid.

Noun

multimorbidity (usually uncountable, plural multimorbidities)

  1. (usually) The condition of being multimorbid.
    • Yet people with multiple health problems — a condition known as multimorbidity — are largely overlooked both in medical research and in the nation’s clinics and hospitals.2009 March 31, Siri Carpenter, “Treating an Illness Is One Thing. What About a Patient With Many?”, in New York Times

Forms of multimorbidity

pluralmultimorbidities

Origin of multimorbidity

From multi- + morbidity.

Questions about multimorbidity

What does multimorbidity mean?
Multimorbidity means the condition of being multimorbid.
What part of speech is multimorbidity?
Multimorbidity is a noun.
What is the plural of multimorbidity?
The plural of multimorbidity is multimorbidities.

Words near multimorbidity in the dictionary

  1. multimonitor
  2. multimonomeric
  3. multimonth
  4. multimorbid
  5. multimorbidities
  6. multimorbidity
  7. multimorph
  8. multimorphemic
  9. multimorphism
  10. multimorphisms
  11. multimorphs

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