chronic disease

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1. A disease of long duration. (Compare acute disease.)

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chronic disease

They talk of the importance of exercise and unprocessed food to defeat chronic disease.

From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2026

“They will show up in increased primary care office visits and exacerbations of chronic disease over the next few weeks,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026

However, in modern environments where calorie-rich foods are constantly available, the same biological mechanisms may now be contributing to chronic disease.

From Science Daily ● May 11, 2026

He complained that the focus on measles was overshadowing his work to fight chronic disease, which he said is “killing our country.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026

But with the cutbacks, syphilis increasingly became a chronic disease, and the disease’s carriers had three or four or five times longer to pass on their infection.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell