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1. (adj.) chronic
being such habitually or for a prolonged period:
a chronic liar.
2. chronic
continuing a long time or recurring frequently:
a chronic state of war.
3. chronic
having long had a disease, habit, weakness, or the like:
a chronic invalid.
4. chronic
(of a disease) having long duration
Etymology: (1595–1605; < L chronicus < Gk chronikós=chrón(os) time +-ikos -ic)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) chronic
being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering
"chronic indigestion"; "a chronic shortage of funds"; "a chronic invalid"
2. (adj) chronic, continuing
of long duration
"chronic money problems"
3. (adj) chronic, inveterate
habitual
"a chronic smoker"
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1. (adjective) chronic
(of an illness or pain) occurring frequently
chronic back pain
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) chronic
relating to time; according to time
2. (adj) chronic
continuing for a long time; lingering; habitual
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Sense: (especially of a disease) lasting a long time
a chronic illness.
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 Afrikaans: chronies |
 Arabic: مُزمن، مُتأصّل |
 Bulgarian: хроничен |
 Brazilian: crônico |
 Czech: chronický |
 German: chronisch, ständig |
 Danish: kronisk; vedvarende |
 Greek: χρόνιος |
 Spanish: crónico |
 Estonian: krooniline |
 Farsi: مزمن؛ کهنه |
 Finnish: krooninen |
 French: chronique |
 Hebrew: כְרוֹנִי |
 Hindi: पुराना, चिरकालिक |
 Croatian: kroničan |
 Hungarian: krónikus, idült |
 Indonesian: menahun |
 Icelandic: langvinnur,þrálátur, krón |
 Italian: cronico |
 Japanese: 慢性の |
 Korean: 만성적인 |
 Lithuanian: chroniškas |
 Latvian: hronisks |
 Malay: kronik |
 Dutch: chronisch |
 Norwegian: kronisk, stadig, evig |
 Polish: chroniczny |
 Persian: مزمن؛ کهنه |
 Pashto: مزمن، اوږد، څنډن (دډيرې م |
 Portuguese: crónico |
 Romanian: cronic |
 Russian: хронический |
 Slovak: chronický |
 Slovenian: kroničen |
 Serbian: hroničan |
 Swedish: kronisk |
 Thai: เรื้อรัง |
 Turkish: kronik, sürekli, devamlı |
 Taiwanese: 慢性的(疾病) |
 Ukrainian: хронічний; застарілий |
 Urdu: قدیم بیماری |
 Vietnamese: mãn tính |
 Chinese: 长期的，慢性的 |
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