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Concept information

Preferred term

complications (disease)

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information The concurrent coexistence of two or more conditions or disease states; the conditions may pre-exist or follow (sequelae) the onset of a primary disease and may be etiologically unrelated to each other.

Narrower concepts

Synonyms

  • associated disease conditions
  • coexistent disease conditions
  • concomitant disease conditions
  • concurrent disease conditions
  • disease complications
  • sequelae

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/738

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