chronic
[adjective]
Synonyms: habitual, accustomed, confirmed, habituated, usual, accepted, customary, routine, wonted

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chron‧ic /ˈkrɒnɪk $ ˈkrɑː-/ adjective
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: French; Origin: chronique, from Greek chronikos 'of time', from chronos; CHRON-]

1. a chronic disease or illness is one that continues for a long time and cannot be cured ⇒ acute:
chronic arthritis
chronic asthma
chronic heart disease

2. a chronic problem is one that continues for a long time and cannot easily be solved:
chronic unemployment
There is a chronic shortage of teachers.

3. chronic alcoholic/gambler etc someone who has behaved in a particular way for a long time and cannot stop:
He was a chronic alcoholic and unable to hold down a job.
a chronic smoker

4. British English informal extremely bad:
The food was absolutely chronic!
—chronically /-kli/ adverb:
patients who are chronically ill
The service is chronically underfunded.

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