course

(redirected from chronic course)
Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Medical, Encyclopedia.

course

n. in the midst of or actively involved in at that time, as "in the course of business, course of employment, course of trade."

course

noun act, act of pursuing, action, activity, approach, arrangment, attack, campaign, conduct, customary manner of procedure, delivery, design, direction, effectuation, effort, employment, evolution, execution, exercitation, furtherance, handling, implementation, interaction, iter, line of action, line of conduct, management, manner, measures, method, mode, mode of management, mode of procedure, modus operandi, motion, movement, operation, order, particular manner of proceeding, performance, perpetration, plan, policy, positive action, practice, praxis, prescribed system, procedure, process, program, pursuance, pursuit, road, route, scheme, succession of acts, system
Associated concepts: arising out of and in course of employyent, course of business, course of conduct, course of deallngs, course of employment, courses and distances, direct course, general course, water course
Foreign phrases: In dubio, pars mitior est sequenda.In doubt, the safer course is to be followed.

COURSE. The direction in which a line runs in surveying.
2. When there are no monuments, (q.v.) the land must be bounded by the courses and distances mentioned in the patent or deed. 4 Wheat. 444; 3 Pet. 96; 3 Murph. 82; 2 Har. & John. 267; 5 Har. & John. 254. When the lines are actually marked, they must be adhered to, though they vary from the course mentioned in the deeds. 2 Overt. 304; 7 Wheat. 7. 1 See 3 Call, 239 7 Mont. 333. Vide Boundary; Line.

References in periodicals archive ?

Though a recent review of pertinent European and North American studies revealed discrepant results (19), evidence supporting an association between advanced age and chronic course of depression seem to prevail (21,22,23,24).

Persistent depression as a novel diagnostic category: results from the Menderes depression study

Approximately 10-30% of subjects with MDD have a chronic course with episodes that last two or more years.

Encorium Group, Inc. Announces $1.7 Million Contract With Japanese Biotechnology Company For Phase 2 Clinical Trial For Major Depressive Disorder

LV may run an extremely chronic course without therapy.

PhotoDermDiagnosis A brownish red facial plaque

The OCD that children develop with a strep infection looks quite different from the chronic course usually observed.

Check for strep in sudden-onset childhood OCD

The refusal of the patient to have the pacemaker removed added to the chronic course of the infection.

Staphylococcus lugdunensis pacemaker-related infection

Without adding a psychological component to treatment, patients with atopic dermatitis can stay in a chronic course of remission and exacerbation," said Dr.

Atopic dermatitis triggers: more than just skin deep

While many people think depression is a short-term illness, more than 1 in 3 patients' has a chronic course.

Newstream.com Digest: Nintendo GameCube/Game Boy Player Retail Offer, 200 Billion Paperclips and Counting... and Other Free Multimedia Content for Journalists

Differential diagnoses included scarring secondary to varicella, atrophoderma vermiculatum, hydroa vacciniforme and infantile acne but these were excluded by the chronic course, clinical findings and lack of seasonal variation.

Atrophia maculosa varioliformis cutis - a rare case report

These structural alterations of the brain are associated with a higher vulnerability to depression and a more chronic course of the depression might be associated with further structural changes".