chronicity

[ kro-nis-i-tee ]

/ krɒˈnɪs ɪ ti /

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noun

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.

the fact or quality of being constant, habitual, or continually recurring:The chronicity of bullying is one of its more intriguing features.

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Origin of chronicity

chronic + -ity

Words nearby chronicity

chronaxie, chronic, chronically, chronic disease, chronic fatigue syndrome, chronicity, chronicle, chronicle play, Chronicles, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chrono

How to use chronicity in a sentence

With chronic joblessness, an upswing in poverty and a grand undoing of the social welfare state, the Style Council — backed by their historically punk-grown politics — seemed uniquely suited to coat some agitation in velvet.
Almost anarchy: The Style Council and the smooth sounds of sophisti-pop|Mina Tavakoli|November 20, 2020|Washington Post
She said she was solely focused on what she said were Wayne County’s chronic problems with unbalanced precinct totals.
For three hours, an obscure county board in Michigan was at the center of U.S. politics|Kayla Ruble, Tom Hamburger, David Fahrenthold|November 19, 2020|Washington Post
The country has undergone a profound economic and political crisis, in which people are experiencing widespread poverty and chronic shortages of basic necessities.
Border Report: ‘They Can’t Continue Like This in Mexico’|Maya Srikrishnan|November 17, 2020|Voice of San Diego
The goal is demonstrating to insurance plans that the model can save them a lot of money, so that carriers assign preventive care, and management of chronic conditions to the HEALTHubs.
Meet the new highest-ranking female CEO in the Fortune 500|Shawn Tully|November 7, 2020|Fortune

The use of these painkillers for chronic pain became commonplace, but by the early 2000s, doctors saw increasing evidence the pills were addictive.
Johnson & Johnson, three other companies close in on $26 billion deal on opioid litigation|Joel Achenbach, Christopher Rowland, Katie Zezima, Aaron Davis|November 6, 2020|Washington Post
The residue of such cases become chronic, and chronicity almost invariably means subsequent dementia.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 5|Various
Expectancy seems to make it certain that the lesions will come and attention adds to their chronicity.
Psychotherapy|James J. Walsh
These have one element in common, that of chronicity, and are likewise the occasion of a progressive wasting of the body.
A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I|Various
Symptoms of this sort are especially common in children with intestinal and alimentary disturbances of great chronicity.
The Nervous Child|Hector Charles Cameron
These are properly viewed as constituting a condition of chronicity.
Surgery, with Special Reference to Podiatry|Maximilian Stern