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chronicization

chronicization noun: the prolongation of a pain or other medical condition.

Noun

chronicization (uncountable)

  1. The prolongation of a pain or other medical condition
    • It is associated with neuroinflammation-related events that participate in pain generation and chronicization.2016 January 6, “Antagonism of the Prokineticin System Prevents and Reverses Allodynia and Inflammation in a Mouse Model of Diabetes”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of chronicization

From chronic + -ization.

Questions about chronicization

What does chronicization mean?
Chronicization means the prolongation of a pain or other medical condition.
What part of speech is chronicization?
Chronicization is a noun.

Words near chronicization in the dictionary

  1. chronically
  2. chronically online
  3. chronicalness
  4. chronicities
  5. chronicity
  6. chronicization
  7. chronick
  8. chronicle
  9. chronicled
  10. chronicler
  11. chroniclers

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