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rubyhatchet
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Found an interesting word in an article today: concomitant.

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"Patients with this illness often have concomitant psychological problems, which would not be surprising no matter what the cause: A debilitating disease is as likely to be a cause of depression as the result of it."


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zmježd
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Kalleh just mentioned concomitant shortly before you arrived, Ruby (here).


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arnie
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Kalleh is thinking of the word as a synonym for concurrent. The way it's used here, it's more like coming with.

Close, but slightly different shades of meaning.


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Yes, I agree, arnie, that they aren't perfectly synonymous. "Concomitant" seems to be used a lot in medical writing.
 
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rubyhatchet
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It's an excellent example of its use in medical writing then, especially because the next sentence nicely explains the meaning of concomitant.


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