LIFELONG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lifelong mean? 

• LIFELONG (adjective)
  The adjective LIFELONG has 1 sense:

1. continuing through life

  Familiarity information: LIFELONG used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIFELONG (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Continuing through life

Synonyms:

lifelong; womb-to-tomb

Context example:

his lifelong study of Greek art

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 

Previous work found that mechanical loading during a period of rapid growth conferred lifelong benefits in bone size and strength in rodent models.

(Physical Activity Brings Lasting Bone Benefits, NIH, US)

If not treated, some of these conditions can cause lifelong health problems.

(Newborn Screening, NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)

It was in those days that we began our lifelong friendship, a friendship which still in our waning years binds us closely as two brothers.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

These patients require lifelong treatment and may continue to experience complex medical problems, including chronic infections.

(Gene therapy restores immunity in infants with rare immunodeficiency disease, National Institutes of Health)

However, for 1 in 4 children who experience early stuttering, the condition persists as a lifelong communication problem.

(Study in mice identifies type of brain cell involved in stuttering, National Institutes of Health)

His love and care never tire or change, can never be taken from you, but may become the source of lifelong peace, happiness, and strength.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Its development can be a slow, lifelong process.

(Study finds link between long-term exposure to air pollution and emphysema, National Institutes of Health)

Although the condition is not life-threatening, patients have persistent fever and swollen lymph nodes from childhood to old age, as well as other symptoms that can lead to lifelong pain and disability.

(Researchers discover new autoinflammatory disease and uncover its biological cause, National Institutes of Health)

The detrimental effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on human development are well known and include an array of lifelong physical, cognitive, and behavioral problems collectively called fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD).

(Using both marijuana and alcohol during early pregnancy may increase the likelihood of disrupting fetal development, National Institutes of Health)

Lifelong administration of biotin supplements is required.

(Holocarboxylase Synthetase Deficiency, NCI Thesaurus)