"My doctor says I suffer from chronic abuse," he said and then smiled.

Another study found that women with histories of chronic sexual abuse had more immunological disorders than other women.

He had a history of chronic if mild abuse.

Alcoholic cardiomyopathy is a disease in which the chronic long-term abuse of alcohol (i.e. ethanol) leads to heart failure.

More important, almost everyone agrees that serious, chronic abuse requires in-depth intervention.

A Series of Defenses Multiple-personality disorder is believed to result from extreme and chronic abuse in early childhood.

This suit alleged chronic abuse, failure to properly diagnose and neglect of prisoners who are seriously mentally ill.

None acknowledged chronic abuse of their overdraft privileges.

A type of dilated cardiomyopathy caused by chronic abuse of alcohol.

A repeated exposure to a drug is one of the determining factors in distinguishing recreational substance use from chronic abuse.