confounding

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English

Definitions

verb

To perplex or puzzle.
To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong.
To make something worse.“Don't confound the situation by yelling.”
To combine in a confused fashion; to mingle so as to make the parts indistinguishable.

noun

The act by which things are confounded, or confused.
The process by which an apparent association between an exposure and an outcome is actually explained by another factor.

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Synonyms

confuse mix up puzzle confusion mix-up contradictory unsupportive confused bewilderment baffling bewildering muddle disarray confusing disconcerting misunderstanding complicated complex

Associated

confound extraneous variables causal stratification factors regression variable bias epidemiology socioeconomic smoking

Rhymes

astounding pounding expounding compounding resounding abounding hounding grounding surrounding sounding

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