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chronic
A chronic illness or disability lasts for a very long time. Compare acute.
a multilobed highly vascular reddish-brown glandular organ occupying most of the upper right part of the human abdominal cavity immediately below the diaphragm. It secretes bile, stores glycogen, detoxifies certain poisons, and plays an important part in
any distinct or characteristic period or stage in a sequence of events or chain of development [...]
any impairment of normal physiological function affecting all or part of an organism, esp a specific pathological change caused by infection, stress, etc, producing characteristic symptoms; illness or sickness in general [...]
characterized by or caused by inflammation [...]
continuing for a long time; constantly recurring [...]
either of two bean-shaped organs at the back of the abdominal cavity in humans, one on each side of the spinal column. They maintain water and electrolyte balance and filter waste products from the blood, which are excreted as urine [...]
inflammation of the liver, characterized by fever, jaundice, and weakness [...]
inflammation of the pancreas [...]
the application of medicines, surgery, psychotherapy, etc, to a patient or to a disease or symptom [...]