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chronic

Of a person, suffering from an affliction that is prolonged or slow to heal.

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#1·Apr 26, 2026

Of a person, suffering from an affliction that is prolonged or slow to heal.

chronic unemployment; chronic poverty; chronic anger; chronic life
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  • “My first chronic pain patients, before I started working with hEDS (& learned so much more about it, including about myself), were fibro sufferers. #BlogPost #Fibromyalgia #TuiNa #ChineseMedicine #ChronicIllness #ChronicPain #HolisticHealth #SelfCare 💕 #Wellness”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Asthma is one of the most common chronic non-communicable diseases that affects over 260 million people. ACMT supports Global Initiative for Asthma's (GINA) mission to make inhalers accessible for everyone in need. Learn more: https://ginasthma.org/world-asthma-day-2026/”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “A major milestone in biotech: Australia clears a novel treatment for chronic GVHD after prior therapies fail. Explore the implications today: aktiego.com/sectors/biot... #LifeSciences #Innovation $XBI $VRTX”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “My first wife committed suicide following a long, chronic illness. I took ADs and entered therapy. I’d not have survived without treatment.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “From the Editorial Board: At the end of the day, what we call it — chronic absenteeism or consistent attendance — matters far less than whether the state is taking the problem seriously.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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#2·Apr 26, 2026

Of a problem, that continues over an extended period of time.

chronic unemployment; chronic poverty; chronic anger; chronic life
Origin: From chronical, from , from , from , from time.. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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  • “. The risk of cataracts is increased by - exhaust fumes, - NO2 from gas stoves, - toxic metal mixtures (As, Cd, Hg, Mn, Mo), - corticosteroids, chronic stress, - polypharmacy. Preventive healthcare AI needs to monitor and address risk factors. .”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “One shudders to imagine what thoughts lie behind that mask, what dreams of chronic and sustained cruelty...”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Insert complaint about chronic pain yada yada Getting up to grab pain killers at 4:30 am finally because cannot sleep”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “(I have very thin skin and blood vessels in my nose that cause chronic nose bleeds) ive been sneezing blood here and there all day and every time I blow my nose idk how to describe it other than im very aware of the fact that my head is full of blood 😭”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • ““It’s stupid to call it Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. It should be called forever dead syndrome” Keith Jarrett -pianist. 1988 Gary Holmes at the CDC named it CFS as there was no known cause. Multiple studies have shown how that name affects the attitude to the illness. #ME #CFS!”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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#3·Apr 26, 2026

(medicine) Prolonged or slow to heal.

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