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LONG-STANDING
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having existed for a long time
Example:
the longstanding conflict
Synonyms:
long-standing; longstanding
Classified under:
Similar:
long (primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified)
Context examples:
Long-standing and persistent renal disease with glomerular filtration rate (GFR) less than 15 ml/min.
(Chronic Kidney Disease, Stage 5, NCI Thesaurus)
Long-standing and persistent renal disease with glomerular filtration rate (GFR) between 15-29 ml/min.
(Chronic Kidney Disease, Stage 4, NCI Thesaurus)
It is frequently associated with long-standing local irritation.
(Bladder Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Patients with long-standing lymphedema are at increased risk of developing angiosarcoma.
(Angiosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A long-standing question is why only a small fraction of supermassive black holes at the centres of galaxies are active.
(Supermassive Black Holes Feed on Cosmic Jellyfish, ESO)
And then, too, it's such a long-standing habit.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
It was lean with long-standing hunger.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
The long-standing mystery of why Saturn seethes with enormous storms every 30 years may have been solved by scientists.
(Study Explains Saturn's Epic Tantrums, NASA)
Scientists have solved a long-standing mystery about the origin of one of the cell types that make up the ovary.
(Study solves ovarian cell mystery, shedding new light on reproductive disorders, NIH)
A condition characterized by long-standing brain dysfunction or damage, usually of three months duration or longer.
(Chronic Encephalopathy, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
