LONG-STANDING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does long-standing mean? 

• LONG-STANDING (adjective)
  The adjective LONG-STANDING has 1 sense:

1. having existed for a long time

  Familiarity information: LONG-STANDING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LONG-STANDING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having existed for a long time

Synonyms:

long-standing; longstanding

Context example:

the longstanding conflict

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 without kidney damage.

(Chronic Kidney Disease, Stage 0, NCI Thesaurus)

Long-standing and persistent renal disease with glomerular filtration rate (GFR) greater than 90 ml/min.

(Chronic Kidney Disease, Stage 1, NCI Thesaurus)

Patients usually present with a history of a long-standing mass which recently had undergone rapid growth.

(Carcinoma ex Pleomorphic Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It may be the result of a metabolic disorder or long-standing infection, or it may be associated with the presence of cancer.

(Calcification, NCI Thesaurus)

Bladder squamous cell carcinoma is often associated with long-standing chronic inflammation of the bladder and usually has a poor prognosis.

(Bladder Squamous Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Long-standing and persistent renal disease with glomerular filtration rate (GFR) between 60-89 ml/min.

(Chronic Kidney Disease, Stage 2, NCI Thesaurus)

Long-standing and persistent renal disease with glomerular filtration rate (GFR) between 30-59 ml/min.

(Chronic Kidney Disease, Stage 3, NCI Thesaurus)

Abnormal enlargement of the heart resulting from long-standing hypertension.

(Hypertensive Cardiomegaly, NCI Thesaurus)

Patients usually present with a history of a long-standing tumor mass which grew rapidly in the past few months.

(Major Salivary Gland Carcinoma ex Pleomorphic Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It is usually supratentorial, located, generally, in the cortex and occurs in children and young adults with a long-standing history of partial seizures.

(Dysembryoplastic Neuroepithelial Tumor, NCI Thesaurus/Adapted from WHO)