chronic disease

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

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chronic disease

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

This cost covers routine primary care visits, from annual physicals to chronic disease management.

From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2026

Eating recommended amounts of whole fruits and vegetables has been associated with a lower risk of chronic disease and better long-term health.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 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