mãn tính

Bệnh hen suyễn mãn tính cần được quản lý cẩn thận hàng ngày.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Chronic: Describes a disease or medical condition that is long-lasting, persistent, and typically develops or progresses slowly over a long period. It is the opposite of "acute."

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Bệnh tiểu đường thường là một bệnh mãn tính. (Diabetes is often a chronic disease.)
  • Ông ấy bị viêm khớp mãn tính. (He suffers from chronic arthritis.)
  • Căng thẳng mãn tính có thể gây hại cho sức khỏe. (Chronic stress can be harmful to health.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is almost exclusively used in medical and health-related contexts to describe the nature of an illness, pain, or condition.
• It can be used figuratively in broader contexts to describe a persistent, long-term problem.
  • Thành phố đối mặt với tình trạng tắc nghẽn giao thông mãn tính. (The city faces a chronic traffic congestion problem.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bệnh mãn tính (n): Chronic disease/illness.
  • Quản lý bệnh mãn tính đòi hỏi sự kiên nhẫn. (Managing a chronic illness requires patience.)

Synonyms

• Persistent: Lasting for a long time or constantly recurring.
• Long-term: Lasting for, or relating to, a long period of time.
• Inveterate: (Of a habit, feeling, or disease) long-established and unlikely to change.

Antonyms

• Cấp tính (Acute): (Of a disease) coming sharply to a crisis; severe but short-lived.

Related Terms

• Mãn: This root can imply fullness, completion, or an ending period (e.g., - to complete a course). In , it conveys the sense of a condition that has reached a lasting, settled state.
• Tính: This root means nature, character, or property. Combined, literally refers to the "nature of being long-completed" or persistent.