chronic
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English [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
- chronick (obsolete)
Etymology [edit]
From chronical, from Old French chronique, from Latin chronicus, from Ancient Greek χρονικός (khronikos, “of time”), from χρόνος (khronos, “time”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Adjective [edit]
chronic (comparative more chronic, superlative most chronic)
- Of a problem, that continues over an extended period of time.
- chronic unemployment
- chronic poverty
- chronic anger
- (medicine) Prolonged or slow to heal.
- chronic cough
- chronic headache
- chronic illness
- Of a person, suffering from an affliction that is prolonged or slow to heal.
- Chronic patients must learn to live with their condition
- Inveterate or habitual.
- He's a chronic smoker
- (informal) Very bad, awful.
- That concert was chronic
- (informal) Extremely serious.
- They left him in a chronic condition
- (informal) Good, great, as in "wicked"
- That was cool, chronic in fact
Antonyms [edit]
- (prolonged or slow to heal): acute
Translations [edit]
that continues over an extended period of time
medical: prolonged or slow to heal
suffering from an affliction that is prolonged or slow to heal
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inveterate or habitual
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Noun [edit]
chronic (uncountable)
- A chronic one
- (slang) Marijuana, typically of high quality.
- (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.
Synonyms [edit]
- See also Wikisaurus:marijuana
References [edit]
- chronic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- “chronic” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).
