chronic
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From chronical < Old French chronique < Latin chronicus < Ancient Greek (khronikos), “‘of time’”) < Ancient Greek χρόνος (khronos), “‘time’”).
[edit] Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɒnɪk
[edit] Adjective
chronic (comparative more chronic, superlative most chronic)
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- (of a problem) That which continues over an extended period of time, often associated with suffering ("long suffering").
- (medicine) Prolonged or slow to heal. The opposite of acute.
- suffering from such affliction
- 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
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[edit] Translations
that which continues over an extended period of time
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medical: prolonged or slow to heal
suffering from such affliction
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inveterate or habitual
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[edit] Noun
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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.
[edit] Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:marijuana
[edit] References
- chronic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- “chronic” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001
