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In medicine, a chronic disease is a disease that has developed slowly or gradually. The term chronic describes the course of the disease, or its rate of onset and development. A chronic course is distinguished from a recurrent course; recurrent diseases relapse repeatedly, with periods of remission in between. As an adjective, chronic can refer to a persistent and lasting medical condition. Chronicity is usually applied to a condition that lasts more than three months.
The definition of a disease or causative conditon may depend on the disease being chronic, and the term will often appear in the description:
See also
- de:Krankheitsverlauf
eu:Kroniko fr:Chronique (médecine) nl:Chronische ziekte pt:Doença crônica sv:Kronisk sjukdom
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