Glossary / Lexicon
Chronic
Chronic means longterm; long period of time.
Chronic is an important term in medicine that comes from the Greek "chronos" (time) and means lasting a long time.
By the definition of the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, a chronic condition is one lasting three (3) months or more.
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