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Definition of Confounding
1. Adjective. That confounds or contradicts or confuses.
Definition of Confounding
1. confound [v] - See also: confound
Medical Definition of Confounding
1. 1. A situation in which the effects of two or more processes are not separated; the distortion of the apparent effect of an exposure on risk, brought about by the association with other factors that can influence the outcome. 2. A relationship between the effects of two or more causal factors observed in a set of data, such that it is not logically possible to separate the contribution of any single causal factor to the observed effects. (05 Mar 2000)
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