chronic disease

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

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chronic disease

They talk of the importance of exercise and unprocessed food to defeat chronic disease.

From Slate ● Jul. 29, 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

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