chronic illness
1Chronic illness — An illness that persists for a long period of time. The term chronic comes from the Greek chronos, time and means lasting a long time. A chronic illness is one lasting 3 months or more, by the definition of the U.S. National Center for Health… …
2chronic illness — recurring disease, disease which returns frequently or constantly exists …
3Chronic care management — encompasses the oversight and education activities conducted by health care professionals to help patients with chronic diseases and health conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure, lupus, multiple sclerosis and sleep apnea learn to… …
4Illness — (sometimes referred to as ill health or ail) can be defined as a state of poor health. It is sometimes considered a synonym for disease. [DorlandsDict|four/000052397|illness] Others maintain that fine distinctions exist.cite journal |author=Emson …
5Chronic fatigue syndrome — This article is about the medical condition Chronic fatigue syndrome. For the symptom chronic fatigue, see Fatigue (medical). Chronic fatigue syndrome Classification and external resources ICD 10 G93.3 ICD 9 …
6illness — ill|ness W3S2 [ˈılnıs] n [U and C] a disease of the body or mind, or the condition of being ill ▪ She had all the normal childhood illnesses . ▪ I d been told I d been suffering from various illnesses . ▪ Her mother was just recovering from an… …
7chronic */ — UK [ˈkrɒnɪk] / US [ˈkrɑnɪk] adjective 1) medical a chronic illness or chronic pain is serious and lasts for a long time. A serious illness or pain that lasts only for a short time is described as acute chronic back pain 2) a chronic problem is… …
8chronic — chron|ic [ kranık ] adjective * 1. ) a chronic illness or pain is serious and lasts for a long time. A serious illness or pain that lasts only for a short time is described as acute: chronic back pain 2. ) a chronic problem is always happening or …
9chronic — [[t]krɒ̱nɪk[/t]] 1) ADJ: usu ADJ n A chronic illness or disability lasts for a very long time. Compare acute. ...chronic back pain. Syn: persistent Derived words: chronically [[t]krɒ̱nɪkli[/t]] ADV ADV adj/ ed Most of them were chronically ill …
10chronic — adjective 1) a chronic illness Syn: persistent, long standing, long term; incurable; Medicine immedicable Ant: acute 2) chronic economic problems Syn: constant, continuing, ceaseless …
