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Definition of: chronic
(kron′ik) adjective
1. Continuing for a long period.
2. Inveterate; habitual: a chronic complainer.
3. Prolonged; lingering: said of a disease: opposed to acute. Also chron′i·cal. [<F chronique <L chronicus <Gk. chronikos of time <chronos time]
—chron′i·cal·ly adverb
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