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   Chron·ic

   /ˈkränik/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (of an illness) persisting for a long time or constantly recurring: "chronic bronchitis" Similar persistentlong-standinglong-termconstantly recurringincurablerare:immedicableOpposite acute
   • ▪ (of a person) having an illness persisting for a long time or constantly recurring: "a chronic asthmatic"
   • ▪ (of a problem) long-lasting and difficult to eradicate: "the school suffers from chronic overcrowding" Similar constantcontinuingcontinualceaselessincessantunabatingunendingpersistentperenniallong-lastinglingeringdeep-rooteddeep-seatedineradicablesevereseriousacutegravedireOpposite temporarymild
   • ▪ (of a person) having a particular bad habit: "a chronic liar" Similar inveterateconfirmedhardeneddyed-in-the-woolincorrigiblehabitualcompulsivepathologicalOpposite occasional

   Word Origin late Middle English: from French chronique, via Latin from Greek khronikos ‘of time’, from khronos ‘time’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. chronicity noun

   Scrabble Points: 14

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