chronic disease

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

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chronic disease

“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

Others worry about the invasiveness of a colonoscopy and undergoing anesthesia or are too sick with a chronic disease to be sedated.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026

Regulating how one class of medication is prescribed and delivered could open the door to broader oversight of other treatments, from mental health medications to chronic disease care.

From Salon ● May 2, 2026

Means said she found areas of agreement with Collins, but the powerful appropriator expressed doubt that the administration sincerely aimed to fight chronic disease, given its cuts to health research.

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