chronic

Adjective
Synonyms: continuinginveterate

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (3)

  1. being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering“chronic indigestion”“a chronic shortage of funds”“a chronic invalid”
  2. of long duration“chronic money problems”Synonyms: continuing
  3. habitual“a chronic smoker”Synonyms: inveterate
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Chronic \Chron"ic\, a. [L. chronicus, Gr. ? concerning time, from ? time: cf. F. chronique.]

1.Relating to time; according to time. [1913 Webster]

2.Continuing for a long time; lingering; habitual. [1913 Webster]

Chronic disease, one which is inveterate, of long continuance, or progresses slowly, in distinction from an acute disease, which speedly terminates. [1913 Webster]

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