A Chronic illness or condition, builds up over a period of time. Sometime this can be years or even decades. By contrast, an Acute condition or illness, happens suddenly, or over a short period, usually in terms of days or weeks. Different diseases have different lengths of time to be considered chronic.
Chronic has both Latin and Greek derivations and means pertaining to time. Chron- means time. A person with a chronic disease has one that is long term like Arthritis or AIDS.
Chronic is the medical term meaning of long duration.
Chronic means long-lasting or recurring.
Remitting, or going into remission.Benignbenign
Syncope is the medical term meaning fainting.
Anacusis is the medical term meaning complete deafness.
Lamina is the medical term meaning layers.
Sensation is the medical term meaning feeling.
Eructation is the medical term meaning burping.eructation
Kyphotic is the medical term meaning humpbacked.
Atrophy is the medical term meaning shrinking.
Alimentation is the medical term meaning food.
Flexion is the medical term meaning bending
Unguis is the medical term meaning nail.
Acornuate is the medical term meaning hornless.