chronicization

English

Etymology

chronic +‎ -ization

Noun

chronicization (uncountable)

1. The prolongation of a pain or other medical condition
   • 2016 January 6, “Antagonism of the Prokineticin System Prevents and Reverses Allodynia and Inflammation in a Mouse Model of Diabetes”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

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