| chronic venous insufficiency | <cardiology> A condition in which the vein do not channel the flow of blood adequately. most often this condition is seen in the veins of the lower extremities. Symptoms include leg swelling, leg pain and muscle cramps. This condition can predispose to venous thrombosis. (27 Sep 1997) |
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| chronic vertigo | A condition in which attacks of vertigo occur in rapid succession. Synonym: chronic vertigo. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chronically | Lingering, lasting, opposed to acute. (27 Sep 1997) |
| chronicity | Characterised by long duration. The state of being chronic. (12 Dec 1998) |
| chrono- | Time. Origin: G. Chronos (05 Mar 2000) |
| chrono-oncology | The study of the influence of biological rhythms on neoplastic growth; also used to describe anti-cancer treatment based on the timing of drug administration. Origin: G. Chronos, time, + oncology (05 Mar 2000) |
| chronobiology | The study of biological systems as affected by time. Aging, biological rhythms, and cyclic phenomena are included. Statistical, computer-aided mathematical procedures are used to describe, in mathematical terminology, various biological functions over time. (12 Dec 1998) |
| chronognosis | Perception of the passage of time. Origin: chrono-+ G. Gnosis, knowledge (05 Mar 2000) |
| chronograph | An instrument for graphic measurement and recording brief periods of time. Origin: chrono-+ G. Grapho, to record (05 Mar 2000) |
| chronologic age | The age expressed in years and months; used as a measurement against which to evaluate a child's mental age in computing his Stanford-Binet intelligence quotient. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chronometry | Measurement of intervals of time. Origin: chrono-+ G. Metron, measure Mental chronometry, study of the duration of mental and behavorial processes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chronopharmacology | A branch of chronobiology concerned with the effects of drugs upon the timing of biological events and rhythms, and the relation of biological timing to the effects of drugs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chronophobia | <psychology> Morbid fear of the duration or immensity of time. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chronophotograph | A photograph taken as one of a series for the purpose of showing successive phases of a motion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chronospecies | <biology> A chronospecies is a species which changes physically, morphologically, genetically, and/or behaviourally over time on an evolutionary scale (experiences a phyletic shift) such that the species from the early point in time and the species it becomes at the later point in time could not be classified as the same species had they existed at the same point in time. Throughout the change, there is only one species at any point in time and diversity does not increase. (09 Oct 1997) |
| chronic |
Referring to long-lasting diseases or conditions.
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| chronic rheumatism |
This term has been somewhat loosely applied to various chronic joint affections, sometimes of gouty origin or the result of rheumatoid arthritis. Strictly speaking, it may be applied to cases in which the joint lesions persist after an attack of rheumatism, and chronic inflammatory thickening of the tissues takes place, so that they become stiff and deformed. ...
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| chronic disease |
an illness lasting a long time. By definition of the US Center for Health Statistics, a chronic disease is a disease lasting 3 months or more.
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| chronic lymphocytic leukemia |
A slowly progressing disease in which too many infection-fighting white blood cells called lymphocytes are found in the body.
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| chronic |
Marked by long duration, by frequent recurrence over a long time, and often by slowly progressing seriousness.
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