Disease or Syndrome
chronic disease Audio
chron·ic dis·ease [ krah-nik dih-zeez ]
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Disease Attributes
Definitions related to chronic disease:
  • A disease condition that persists over a significant span of time.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Disease that persists over a long period of time, cannot be prevented by vaccines or cured by medication, nor do they just disappear.
    U.S. FDA Glossary
    U.S. Food & Drug Administration, 2021
  • Diseases which have one or more of the following characteristics: they are permanent, leave residual disability, are caused by nonreversible pathological alteration, require special training of the patient for rehabilitation, or may be expected to require a long period of supervision, observation, or care (Dictionary of Health Services Management, 2d ed). For epidemiological studies chronic disease often includes HEART DISEASES; STROKE; CANCER; and diabetes (DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2).
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • (chronic disease/disorder) Disease or disorder which has persisted over a long period of time; post coordinate with specific disease or disorder if appropriate.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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