chronic

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

chronic (comparative more chronic, superlative most chronic)

  1. Of a problem, that continues over an extended period of time.
    chronic unemployment
    chronic poverty
    chronic anger
  2. (medicine) Prolonged or slow to heal.
    chronic cough
    chronic headache
    chronic illness
  3. Of a person, suffering from an affliction that is prolonged or slow to heal.
    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

Antonyms

  • (prolonged or slow to heal): acute

Translations

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
inveterate or habitual
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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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