chronic : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: chronic	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for chronic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chronic adj being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering; "chronic indigestion"; "a chronic shortage of funds"; "a chronic invalid" Antonym(s): acute of long duration; "chronic money problems" Synonym(s): chronic, continuing habitual; "a chronic smoker" Synonym(s): chronic, inveterate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chronic \Chron"ic\, a. [L. chronicus, Gr. [?] concerning time, from [?] time: cf. F. chronique.] 1. Relating to time; according to time. 2. Continuing for a long time; lingering; habitual. {Chronic disease}, one which is inveterate, of long continuance, or progresses slowly, in distinction from an acute disease, which speedly terminates.