Home › Words › C › chronicizationchronicizationchronicization means the prolongation of a pain or other medical condition.EtymologyFrom chronic + -ization.nounThe prolongation of a pain or other medical conditione.g.“It is associated with neuroinflammation-related events that participate in pain generation and chronicization.” — 2016 January 6, “Antagonism of the Prokineticin System Prevents and Reverses Allodynia and Inflammation in a Mouse Model of Diabetes”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.chronification 76% match — A transition from acute to chronic particularly when referring to pain or headache conditions vs chronicization →chronicity 74% match — The condition of being chronic. vs chronicization →chronified 67% match — That has become chronic vs chronicization →chronify 65% match — To become chronic. vs chronicization →chronically 64% match — In a chronic manner, or to a chronic degree. vs chronicization →chronicalness 62% match — The state or quality of being chronical. vs chronicization →prolonging 61% match — prolongation vs chronicization →polychronious 60% match — long-lasting; chronic. vs chronicization →