Chronic

What do we mean by chronic?

Of long duration; continuing. adjective

Lasting for a long period of time or marked by frequent recurrence, as certain diseases. adjective

Subject to a habit or pattern of behavior for a long time. adjective

Pertaining or relating to time; having reference to time. Specifically

Continuing a long time; inveterate or of long continuance, as a disease; hence, mild as to intensity and slow as to progress: in pathology, opposed to acute.

Also, rarely, chronical.

A chronicle. noun

Relating to time; according to time. adjective

Continuing for a long time; lingering; habitual. adjective

One which is inveterate, of long continuance, or progresses slowly, in distinction from an acute disease, which speedly terminates. adjective

Of a problem, that continues over an extended period of time. adjective

Prolonged or slow to heal. adjective

Of a person, suffering from an affliction that is prolonged or slow to heal. adjective

Inveterate or habitual. adjective

Very bad, awful. adjective

Extremely serious. adjective

Good, great, as in "wicked" adjective

A chronic one noun

Marijuana, typically of high quality. noun

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. noun

Marijuana, typically of high quality.

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.

Words that are spelled similarly to chronic:
chronic, chromic, cronic, achronic, chroic, chronik.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word chronic:
prostatitis, obstructive, copd, bronchitis, sinusitis, urticaria, pancreatitis, encephalopathy, myeloid, cte, leukemia, pulmonary, emphysema, cirrhosis, constipation, hepatitis, fatigue, idiopathic, inflammation, insufficiency, degenerative, inflammatory, asthma, fibrosis, ulcers, rheumatoid, cough, pain, arthritis, insomnia, kidney, hypertension, autoimmune, venous, renal, headache, dialysis, acute, diarrhea, malnutrition, anemia, pelvic, bowel, traumatic, diseases, disease, syndrome, lyme, alcoholism, recurrent, lymphoma, diabetes, liver, homelessness, toxicity, respiratory, lung, infection, dysfunction, sclerosis, intestinal, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, obesity, illness, neurological, symptoms, shortage, bacterial, lesions, disorder, schizophrenia, exposure, systemic, pneumonia, abdominal, deficiency, immune, stress, poisoning, wounds, doses, patients, anxiety, medication, persistent, spinal, tuberculosis, diagnosis, infectious, peripheral, viral, affects, condition, alcoholic, trauma, knee, complications, adverse, alcohol.

Words that rhyme with chronic:
sardonic, laconic, ironic, mnemonic, tonic, platonic, catatonic, histrionic, ionic, sonic, electronic, panasonic, hegemonic, chthonic, tronic, tectonic, isotonic, hedonic, teutonic, synchronic, harmonic, demonic, conic, plutonic, diatonic, philharmonic, embryonic, polyphonic, ultrasonic, supersonic, masonic, pneumonic, hypertonic, symphonic, phonic, neoplatonic, hydroponic, hypersonic, bubonic, pharaonic, clonic, yonic, canonic, monophonic, avionic, telephonic, miltonic, chronique, napoleonic, ganglionic, allophonic, leptonic, planktonic, gnomonic, propionic, ovonic, isoelectronic, nucleonic, gin and tonic, microelectronic, first harmonic, hyaluronic, connick, stronach, medtronic, blahnik, audiotronic, diasonic, ebonic, environic, fibronic, flextronic, hanak, john hick, kronick, lasersonic, lexiphonic, personic, photronic, plantronic, respironic, saw nick, telectronic, tranzonic, vanik, varitronic.

Adjectives that are often used to describe chronic:
more, acute, most, severe, active, simple, certain, less, common, local, mild, very, serious, juvenile, subacute, primary, secondary, bilateral, multiple, term, rare, typical, renal, benign, recurrent, latter, called, asymptomatic, diffuse, sub, poly, untreated, characteristic, concurrent, differential, intense, uncomplicated, partial, hardened, somewhat, unilateral, idiopathic, pulmonary, advanced, persistent, moderate, granulomatous, familial, standing, inherently, stable, discharge, episodic, nonspecific, obstinate, progressive, painful, intestinal, hereditary, disease, longstanding.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective chronic:
disease, pain, illness, failure, diseases, bronchitis, inflammation, leukemia, infection, conditions, patients, hepatitis, cases, pancreatitis, syndrome, form, condition, infections, nephritis, problems, exposure, alcoholism, illnesses, poisoning, use, disorders, administration, treatment, stress, insufficiency, gastritis, state, therapy, arthritis, diarrhea, constipation, disorder, cough, obstruction, catarrh, fatigue, hypertension, course, alcoholics, problem, effects, pyelonephritis, sinusitis, phase, leukaemia, schizophrenia, rheumatism, lesions, shortage, osteomyelitis, stage, depression, irritation, ulcer, headache, toxicity, colitis, symptoms, rejection, asthma, glomerulonephritis, ulcers, prostatitis, anemia, diarrhoea, schizophrenics, glaucoma, congestion, media, abuse, anxiety, unemployment, carriers, patient, urticaria, syndromes, intoxication, loss, tuberculosis, abscess, stimulation, hypoxia, pneumonia, affections, dialysis, cholecystitis, injury, meningitis.

Consonant match to chronic:
cronic, chronique, crew neck, krenek, kraynak, krenik, kronick.

Words that sound like chronic:
chronic, cronic, chronik, chronique, krenek, quranic, crewneck, crew neck, coronach, conic, connick, chromic, chronica, konik, cronica, ironic, karana, conac, crown vic, crannog, comic, craic, chrono, cronk, koenig, kronk, cryonic, koranic, konig, greenock, kinnick, clonic, crani, kralik, kranich, tronic, irenic, aaronic, corona, karina, canuck, crowning, carona, chronos, corrina, krona, krone, karena, krajina, karama, cannock, canuk, korona, commack, karuna, kanak, kinnock, cromlech, cream egg, kamik, creme egg, crew necks, konec, crohns, chrons, critic, clinic, crank, chronicle, crock, croc, cranny, crick, cron, chronically, chronical, chemic, careening, conics, croney, cratic, crohn, cromie, craning, chronicler, craney, cric, cranney, acherontic, cretic, achromic, cornick, cranio, cnic, boronic, camic, cornic, chorionic, choragic, cronet.