chronic

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[edit] Etymology

From chronical, from Old French chronique, from Latin chronicus, from Ancient Greek  (khronikos, “of time”), from Ancient Greek χρόνος (khronos, “time”).

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[edit] Adjective

chronic (comparative more chronic, superlative most chronic)

  1. (of a problem or illness) That continues over an extended period of time.
  2. (medicine) Prolonged or slow to heal. The opposite of acute.
  3. suffering from such affliction
    Chronic patients must learn to live with their condition
  4. Inveterate or habitual.
    He's a chronic smoker
  5. (informal) Very bad, awful.
    That concert was chronic
  6. (informal) Extremely serious.
    They left him in a chronic condition
  7. (informal) Good, great, as in "wicked"
    That was cool, chronic in fact

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that continues over an extended period of time
medical: prolonged or slow to heal
suffering from such affliction
inveterate or habitual
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[edit] Noun

chronic (uncountable)

  1. A chronic one
  2. (slang) Marijuana, typically of high quality.
  3. (medicine) A condition of extended duration, either continuous or marked by frequent recurrence. Sometimes implies a condition which worsens with each recurrence, though that is not inherent in the term.

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