chronicity

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Recent Examples of chronicity My father’s diseases aren’t just marked by chronicity but also unpredictability. Sabrina Qiao, refinery29.com, 23 Nov. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chronicity
Noun
  • One possible explanation for this is the dilution effect, which suggests that the prevalence of a pathogen can increase at a site if species richness is reduced—with land-use change being an obvious cause of species loss.
    Geraldine Castro, WIRED, 20 Dec. 2024
  • According the study, the prevalence of centenarians has been increasing in the past 20 years — the rate nearly doubled.
    Chris Urso, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • According to the hair care website Hair Code, the frequency depends on hair type, scalp health, and personal lifestyle.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
  • History of polyps: Most people have a repeat colonoscopy three years after a polyp was found, but frequency depends on the type, size, and number of polyps.
    Carrie Madormo, RN, Health, 12 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • With alarming regularity, my wife comments on the softness of my hands (Um, it’s called 24-hour moisturizer.).
    Zach Przystup, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Dec. 2024
  • To believe otherwise is to believe a nation not far removed from abject poverty is somehow dense with investors eager to not just put wealth to work, but put wealth to work in ventures set to fail with 90 percent regularity.
    John Tamny, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • In the 1940s scientists realized this cosmic constancy could be used to measure time without the chaotic noise associated with other physical clocks.
    Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 11 Sep. 2024
  • Our second table has a higher hurdle for constancy of growth: All these land in the top decile of the universe in predictability of the earnings progression.
    William Baldwin, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • Breast Cancer Rates for AAPI Women Rise Fastest Among the Young The latest research from the American Cancer Society evaluated breast cancer incidence and mortality in women in the United States using data from the National Cancer Institute and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
    Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 13 Dec. 2024
  • However, low-income women have seen increases in cervical cancer rates, and women of color have higher incidence and deaths from the cancer.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024

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“Chronicity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chronicity. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.

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