Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | English word CHRONIC

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Definitions of CHRONIC

1. Of a problem, that continues over an extended period of time.
2. Of a person, suffering from an affliction that is prolonged or slow to heal.
3. Inveterate or habitual.
4. A person who is chronic, such as a criminal reoffender or a person with chronic disease.
5. (medicine) Prolonged or slow to heal.
6. (slang) Very bad, awful.
7. (informal) Extremely serious.
8. (slang) Good, great; "wicked".
9. (slang) Marijuana, typically of high quality.
10. (medicine) A condition of extended duration, either continuous or marked by frequent recurrence. Sometimes implies a condition which worsens with each recurrence, though that is not inherent in the term.

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Examples of Using CHRONIC in a Sentence

• Antidepressants are a class of medications used to treat major depressive disorder, anxiety disorders, chronic pain, and addiction.
• Furthermore, chronic economic mismanagement and internal conflict has led to serious under-investment over many years.
• Dementia praecox (meaning a "premature dementia" or "precocious madness") is a disused psychiatric diagnosis that originally designated a chronic, deteriorating psychotic disorder characterized by rapid cognitive disintegration, usually beginning in the late teens or early adulthood.
• Flunitrazepam, sold under the brand name Rohypnol among others, As with other hypnotics, flunitrazepam has been advised to be prescribed only for short-term use or by those with chronic insomnia on an occasional basis.
• Later in life, he became known for his eccentric behavior and reclusive lifestyle—oddities that were caused in part by his worsening obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), chronic pain from a near-fatal plane crash, and increasing deafness.
• Interstitial cystitis (IC), a type of bladder pain syndrome (BPS), is chronic pain in the bladder and pelvic floor of unknown cause.
• The bulk of meat, vegetable, and grain requirements must be imported, contributing to a chronic trade deficit that requires large annual transfers of aid from France.
• Methadone, sold under the brand names Dolophine and Methadose among others, is a synthetic opioid used medically to treat chronic pain and opioid use disorder.
• These views, and his chronic intervention in temporal affairs, led to many bitter quarrels with Albert I of Germany, Philip IV of France, and Dante Alighieri, who expected the pope to soon arrive at the eighth circle of Hell in his Divine Comedy, among the simoniacs.
• Untreated PID can result in long-term complications including infertility, ectopic pregnancy, chronic pelvic pain, and cancer.
• Paradoxical intention has been shown to be effective in treating psychosomatic illnesses such as chronic insomnia, public speaking phobias, etc.
• The most important feature is pain, followed by restricted mandibular movement, this is because the symptoms can become chronic and difficult to manage.
• Vulvodynia is a chronic pain condition that affects the vulvar area and occurs without an identifiable cause.
• Hepatitis is acute if it resolves within six months, and chronic if it lasts longer than six months.
• It stimulates erythropoiesis (increases red blood cell levels) by the same mechanism as rHuEpo (binding and activating the Epo receptor) and is used to treat anemia, commonly associated with chronic kidney failure and cancer chemotherapy.
• Conditions that can result in insomnia include psychological stress, chronic pain, heart failure, hyperthyroidism, heartburn, restless leg syndrome, menopause, certain medications, and drugs such as caffeine, nicotine, and alcohol.
• Risk factors for pneumonia include cystic fibrosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), sickle cell disease, asthma, diabetes, heart failure, a history of smoking, a poor ability to cough (such as following a stroke), and a weak immune system.
• In the 20th century, El Salvador endured chronic political and economic instability characterized by coups, revolts, and a succession of authoritarian rulers caused by the intervention of the United States.
• Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS Type 1 and Type 2), sometimes referred to by the hyponyms Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) or Reflex Neurovascular Dystrophy (RND), is a rare and severe form of neuroinflammatory and dysautonomic disorder causing chronic pain, neurovascular, and neuropathic symptoms.
• The best known and most prevalent angiopathy is diabetic angiopathy, a common complication of chronic diabetes.
• Dialysis may need to be initiated when there is a sudden rapid loss of kidney function, known as acute kidney injury (previously called acute renal failure), or when a gradual decline in kidney function, chronic kidney failure, reaches stage 5.
• Chronic political instability and erratic economic management since the implementation of self-rule has produced a record of persistent economic decline that has left Uganda among of the world's poorest and least-developed countries.
• Multiple chemical sensitivity, an unrecognized and controversial medical diagnosis characterized by chronic symptoms attributed to exposure to low levels of commonly used chemicals.
• Multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) is an unrecognized and controversial diagnosis characterized by chronic symptoms attributed to exposure to low levels of commonly used chemicals.
• With the population expected to surpass 300,000 residents by 2040, projects such as the First Coast Expressway are being constructed to alleviate chronic congestion on major roadways in the county such as Blanding Blvd and U.

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