LekhoriLekhoriOf a problem, that continues over an extended period of time.
chronic unemployment; chronic poverty; chronic anger; chronic life
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.
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.
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A condition of extended duration, either continuous or marked by frequent recurrence. Sometimes implies a condition which worsens with each recurrence, though that is not inherent in the term.
A person who is chronic, such as a criminal reoffender or a person with chronic disease.
Wernersvill asylum is now practically filled, and, as it is peopled with able-bodied chronics, there will be but little annual movement of patients.