What is "chronic" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does chronic mean in English? Meaning of chronic definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "chronic" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "chronic": being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering

Adjective

  • Meaning: being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering
  • Example: chronic indigestion a chronic shortage of funds a chronic invalid
  • Synonyms: chronic
  • Antonyms: acute
  • Similar: degenerative
  • Meaning of "chronic": of long duration

    Adjective

  • Meaning: of long duration
  • Example: chronic money problems
  • Synonyms: chronic continuing
  • Similar: long
  • Meaning of "chronic": habitual

    Adjective

  • Meaning: habitual
  • Example: a chronic smoker
  • Synonyms: chronic inveterate
  • Similar: usual
  • Adjective: Of a problem, that continues over an extended period of time. chronic unemployment; chronic poverty; chronic anger 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 8, The China Governess[1]: It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 8, The China Governess[1]: It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face.(medicine) Prolonged or slow to heal. chronic cough; chronic headache; chronic illnessOf 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.
  • Synonyms:

    lifelong, continuous, continuing, habitual, recurrent, protracted, persistent, sustained, deep-rooted, deep-seated, continual, constant, incurable, lingering, abiding, ceaseless, confirmed, enduring, fixed, inborn, inbred, ingrained, inveterate, lasting, long-standing, obstinate, perennial, prolonged, rooted, routine, settled, stubborn, tenacious, unmitigated, unyielding, usual, ineradicable, long-lived, recurring, ever-present, persisting, unabating,

    Antonyms:

    temporary, halting, intermittent, interrupted, infrequent, occasional, inconstant, curable, ceasing, ending, stopping, eradicable,

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    chronic in English: chronic
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