chronic disease
chronic disease noun: synonym of chronic illness.
Noun
chronic disease (plural chronic diseases)
- Synonym of chronic illness
- Refusing the idea that poor whites of the South were racially degenerate or dysgenically mixed, they argued instead that poor whites were suffering from chronic disease, the effects of which were commonly mistaken for degeneracy.2006, Matt Wray, Not Quite White, page 96
- And the primary cause of disability is chronic disease — cardiovascular, musculoskeletal problems and cancer are leading diagnoses — rather than work-related mishaps or nonworkplace accidents, according to a 2007 study for the Life and Health Insurance Foundation for Education, a nonprofit...2007 June 30, Hillary Chura, “Disability, the Insurance That Is Often Sadly Overlooked”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 27 Jun 2019
- Synonyms:
- chronic illness
chronic disease meaning in Tamil
Examples of chronic disease in a sentence
- Instead of twentysomethings with one rare but curable disease, they find eightysomethings with many common chronic diseases that aren't curable.2011, Mark Lachs, M.D., chapter 3, in What Your Doctor Won't Tell You About Getting Older:
- "We do have a chronic disease crisis in this country, but we need to avoid simplistic solutions and stick with the science."2024 November 15, Will Stone, Allison Aubrey, “RFK Jr. wants to 'Make America Healthy Again.' He could face a lot of pushback”, in NPR:
Synonyms of chronic disease
Forms of chronic disease
| plural | chronic diseases |
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Questions about chronic disease
- What does chronic disease mean?
- Chronic disease means synonym of chronic illness.
- What is chronic disease in Tamil?
- Chronic disease in Tamil is பிணி. See Chronic disease meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use chronic disease in a sentence?
- Instead of twentysomethings with one rare but curable disease, they find eightysomethings with many common chronic diseases that aren't curable.
- What part of speech is chronic disease?
- Chronic disease is a noun.
- What is the plural of chronic disease?
- The plural of chronic disease is chronic diseases.
Words near chronic disease in the dictionary
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