chronicity
Americannoun
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the fact or quality of being long-lasting, as a disease, condition, or symptom.
Psychological influences, such as stress, can significantly affect the severity and chronicity of the illness.
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the fact or quality of being constant, habitual, or continually recurring.
The chronicity of bullying is one of its more intriguing features.
Etymology
Origin of chronicity
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“An isolated thread of understanding does not diminish the pervasiveness and chronicity of psychotic symptoms.”
From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2022
“The chronicity of the pandemic has taken a toll and depleted many parents’ coping reserves that will take time and patience to build up again.”
From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2022
This chronicity of stress starts to make our minds really fearful and you wind up with constant anxiety.
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2022
It should be our ambition to make a positive diagnosis before failure to recover in a reasonable time leads to a conclusion of chronicity.
From Benign Stupors A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type by John T. (John Thompson) MacCurdy
Such chronicity is evidence of advance, yet it constitutes an element of degeneracy, since the victim of the chronic disease is able to leave more offspring than would be possible were the disorder acute.
From Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results by Eugene S. Talbot
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