chronic disease

Cultural  

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

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chronic disease

Note that for users with high annual health costs, say from a chronic disease, the out-of-pocket costs could be higher than the allowable HSA contribution.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

BBC News presenter Maryam Moshiri has shared more detail about her two years living with cancer, and the way the chronic disease will affect the rest of her life.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

Tooth decay is the most common chronic disease among children and affects more than 40% of children in the United States.

From Science Daily ● 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

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

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