| Preferred Name |
Chronic Disease |
| Synonyms |
Illness, Chronic |
| Definitions |
Diseases which have one or more of the following characteristics: they are permanent, leave residual disability, are caused by nonreversible pathological alteration, require special training of the patient for rehabilitation, or may be expected to require a long period of supervision, observation, or care (Dictionary of Health Services Management, 2d ed). For epidemiological studies chronic disease often includes HEART DISEASES; STROKE; CANCER; and diabetes (DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2). |
| ID |
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D002908 |
| altLabel |
Illness, Chronic Chronic Illnesses Condition, Chronic Disease, Chronic Chronic Illness Chronic Conditions Chronically Ill Chronic Condition Chronic Diseases |
| AN |
IM general only; usually NIM with specific disease IM |
| AQL |
CL DT EC EH EP HI LJ MO NU PC PX RH TD TH VE |
| cui |
C0008715 C0008679 C5545294 |
| DC |
1 |
| definition |
Diseases which have one or more of the following characteristics: they are permanent, leave residual disability, are caused by nonreversible pathological alteration, require special training of the patient for rehabilitation, or may be expected to require a long period of supervision, observation, or care (Dictionary of Health Services Management, 2d ed). For epidemiological studies chronic disease often includes HEART DISEASES; STROKE; CANCER; and diabetes (DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2). |
| DX |
19660101 |
| FX |
D059408 D000088562 |
| Inverse of AQ |
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000401 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000639 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000188 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000517 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000145 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000453 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000208 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000523 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000191 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000662 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000628 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000534 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000266 |
| Inverse of RO | |
| MDA |
19990101 |
| MMR |
20210312 |
| MN |
C23.550.291.500 |
| notation |
D002908 |
| prefLabel |
Chronic Disease |
| TERMUI |
T008426 T001095453 T008425 T008427 |
| TH |
NLM (1963) BIOETHICS (1974) NLM (1992) NLM (2022) |
| tui |
T047 |
| subClassOf |