[ US /ˈkɹɑnɪk/ ]
[ UK /kɹˈɒnɪk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering
    chronic indigestion
    a chronic invalid
    a chronic shortage of funds
  2. habitual
    a chronic smoker
  3. of long duration
    chronic money problems
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How To Use chronic In A Sentence

  • In chronic smoldering cases, inflammatory bowel disease can be misdiagnosed, and treatment with steroids only exacerbates the infection.
  • Non-selective NSAID therapy may be appropriate for chronic pain management in aspirin users given that suitable GI prophylactic measures are utilized in high-risk patients.
  • Timolol maleate can cause bronchospasms and is contraindicated in patients with bronchial asthma or severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
  • The government cannot ignore Britain's chronic productivity and housing woes. Times, Sunday Times
  • The diagnosis of acute or chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer was determined using previously established criteria that incorporated symptoms, radiology, pathology, and serology.
  • Part of the problem in making extrapolations from these patterns to build a theory is that the relationship between language and social structure may vary considerably, both synchronically and diachronically.
  • This plant is useful for both acute and chronic respiratory diseases, including acute influenza, earache, sinusitis and sore throat.
  • Wehave shown for the first time that small intestinal and whole gut transit is faster in patients with chronic radiation enteritis.
  • Scrapie is a chronic disease of sheep which is transmitted by a filterable particle that is resistant to heat and formalin fixation.
  • Chronically stressed mammals produce hormones called glucocorticoids, which can suppress certain immune-system and gonadal functions when the hormones remain elevated.
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