Chronicization

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The prolongation of a pain or other medical condition uncountable

    "It is associated with neuroinflammation-related events that participate in pain generation and chronicization."

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"It is associated with neuroinflammation-related events that participate in pain generation and chronicization."

Etymology

From chronic + -ization.

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