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chronicization en · NOUN

Etymology

From chronic + -ization.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The prolongation of a pain or other medical condition
    • It is associated with neuroinflammation-related events that participate in pain generation and chronicization. 2016 January 6, “Antagonism of the Prokineticin System Prevents and Reverses Allodynia and Inflammation in a Mouse Model of Diabetes”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI: