chronic disease

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

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chronic disease

Rather than treating obesity simply as the result of poor choices, the country's new law recognises it as a chronic disease influenced by biology, environment and social circumstances.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 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

During an investor call on Saturday, a Pfizer executive noted that patients and doctors now view these drugs as tools that address a chronic disease, not as a one-and-done medication.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 6, 2026

But Means found it difficult to get the senator to focus on her “Make America Healthy Again” message about the burden of chronic disease in America, she said in an interview later.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 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