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- pronunciation:
- kra
nihk
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
part of speech: |
adjective |
definition 1: |
tending to a certain behavior or illness for a long time or continually.
He's a chronic drinker.She is a chronic sufferer from headaches.- synonyms:
- constant, habitual, incessant, inveterate
- antonyms:
- occasional
- similar words:
- confirmed, continual, hardened, lifelong
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definition 2: |
recurring often over long periods or happening constantly.
They have chronic shortages of supplies.She suffers from chronic back pain.- synonyms:
- persistent, recurrent
- antonyms:
- one-time, temporary
- similar words:
- frequent, successive, unmitigated
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definition 3: |
of disease, long in duration. (Cf. acute.)
- synonyms:
- persistent, prolonged
- antonyms:
- acute
- similar words:
- constant, enduring, lasting, lingering, stubborn, unmitigated, unrelieved
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related words: |
dull, everlasting, habitual, ongoing, persistent |
(adj.)chronic
+ noun
abuse,
addiction,
ailment,
alcoholic,
alcoholism,
allergy,
antibiotic,
anxiety,
arthritis,
asthma,
bowel,
bronchitis,
care,
cirrhosis,
compartment,
complaint,
condition,
constipation,
cord,
cough,
deficit,
depression,
deprivation,
diabetes,
dialysis,
diarrhea,
disability,
disease,
disorder,
drinker,
dysfunction,
ear,
effusion,
exposure,
failure,
fatigue,
hazard,
headache,
health,
hepatitis,
homelessness,
hunger,
hypertension,
illness,
impairment,
infection,
inflammation,
injury,
insomnia,
instability,
insufficiency,
irritation,
kidney,
lack,
leukemia,
liver,
lung,
malnutrition,
media,
muscle,
nerve,
nitrogen,
obesity,
offender,
osteomyelitis,
otitis,
pain,
phase,
poisoning,
poverty,
problem,
procrastination,
rhinitis,
shortage,
sinus,
sinusitis,
sleep,
strain,
stress,
stroke,
sufferer,
syndrome,
tendency,
tension,
tonsillitis,
toxicity,
ulcer,
unemployment,
violence,
virus,
wound,
yeast
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derivation: |
chronically (adv.) |
The word chronic
contains the following part:
chron, chrono
Greek
root
that means time
  Example words:
anachronism, chronic, chronicle, chronograph, chronological, chronology, chronometer, diachronic, geochronology, isochronal, synchromesh, synchronize, synchronous, synchroscope
- synonyms:
- temp1, tempor
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