Chronic
Chronic , adjective
[Latin chronicus, Greek {not transcribed} concerning time, from {not transcribed} time: compare French chronique.]
1.
Relating to time; according to time.
2.
Continuing for a long time; lingering; habitual.
Collocations (1)
Chronic disease , one which is inveterate, of long continuance, or progresses slowly, in distinction from an acute disease, which speedly terminates.