[
US
/ˈkɹɑnɪk/
]
[ UK /kɹˈɒnɪk/ ]
[ UK /kɹˈɒnɪk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering
chronic indigestion
a chronic invalid
a chronic shortage of funds -
habitual
a chronic smoker -
of long duration
chronic money problems
How To Use chronic In A Sentence
- 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.
- The gossip columnist was paid to chronicle the latest escapades of the socially prominent celebrities.
- 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.
- 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.