chronic
IPA: krˈɑnɪk
noun
- (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.
- A person who is chronic, such as a criminal reoffender or a person with chronic disease.
adjective
- Of a problem, that continues over an extended period of time.
- (medicine) Prolonged or slow to heal.
- Of a person, suffering from an affliction that is prolonged or slow to heal.
- Inveterate or habitual.
- (slang) Very bad, awful.
- (informal) Extremely serious.
- (slang) Good, great; "wicked".
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Examples of "chronic" in Sentences
- The opposite of chronic is acute.
- He suffered from chronic diabetics.
- The pattern is chronic and inexcusable.
- Currently the chronic use subsection is not in the article.
- The treatment of chronic liver disease depends on the cause.
- The cause of death was chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
- The challenges are chronic, to the extreme of being pathological.
- The disease is chronic and progressive, and resulting in paralysis.
- Oral Submucous Fibrosis is a chronic debilitating disease of the oral cavity.
- He continues to innovate in urgent and chronic health needs around the world.
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