chronic
Of a problem, that continues over an extended period of time.
Example
“chronic unemployment; chronic poverty; chronic anger; chronic life”
Other meanings
Prolonged or slow to heal.
“chronic cough; chronic headache; chronic illness”
Of a person, suffering from an affliction that is prolonged or slow to heal.
“Chronic patients must learn to live with their condition.”
Synonyms
- continuing
Related words
- achronic
- allochronic
- chronically
- chronicity
- chronicization
- crunk
- heterochronic
- hydrochronic
- mesochronic
- monochronic
- nonchronic
- panchronic
Word history
From Ancient Greek "χρονικός" (of time).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “chronic” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.