chronic
chro·nic
adjective
1.
being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering
- “chronic indigestion”
- “a chronic shortage of funds”
- “a chronic invalid”
Origin
From chronical, from Old French cronike, from Latin chronicus, from Ancient Greek χρονικός (khronikós, “of time”), from χρόνος (khrónos, “time”). By surface analysis, chron- + -ic.
Phrases
- chronic bee paralysis virus
- chronic beryllium disease
- chronic bronchitis
- chronic cellular dehydration
- chronic condition
- chronic Covid
- chronic COVID syndrome
- chronic disease
Related words
Word family
- chronicle
- chronically
- chronicler
- chronic bronchitis
- chronic eczema
- chronic gastritis
- chronic glaucoma
- chronic glossitis
- chronic kidney failure
- chronic leukemia
- chronic lymphocytic leukemia
- chronic myelocytic leukemia
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- chronic pyelonephritis
- chronic renal failure
- chronic wasting disease
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