compression of morbidity

the hypothesis that the impact of chronic and disabling disease on an individual may be compressed into a shorter period of time before death if the first occurrence of the disease can be delayed to a later age of onset (e.g., by reducing lifetime health risks that cause morbidity and mortality). [proposed by U.S. physician James F. Fries (1938– )]

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February 11th 2025

cognitive complexity

the state or quality of a thought process that involves numerous constructs, with many interrelationships among them. Such processing is often experienced as difficult or effortful. See also conceptual complexity.