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chronic
(redirected from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD))

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chronic
Medicine (of a disease) developing slowly, or of long duration
chronic [′krän·ik]
(medicine)
Long-continued; of long duration.


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There were 536 cases with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and 1,525 controls with causes of death not related to diesel exhaust or fine particle exposure.
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We thank Dr Sharma for his interest in our article and agree with his observation that questions remain regarding the role of breathing retraining in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
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