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English Dictionary: chronic disease by the DICT Development Group
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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.
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