chronic | meaning of chronic in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English | LDOCE

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Illness & disabilitychronicchron‧ic /ˈkrɒnɪk $ ˈkrɑː-/ ●●○ adjective    1 MILONG TIMEa chronic disease or illness is one that continues for a long time and cannot be cured → acute  chronic arthritis  chronic asthma  chronic heart disease2 SERIOUS SITUATIONa 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 etc4 BAD British English informal extremely bad  The food was absolutely chronic! —chronically /-kli/ adverb  patients who are chronically ill  The service is chronically underfunded.Examples from the Corpuschronic• He suffers from chronic asthma.• No data exist for outcome of the untreated chronic condition followed for more than five years.• the chronic decay of the inner city areas• We need to take steps to counter the chronic decline in our export market.• In the chronic disease eggs are present and L3 can be identified following faecal culture.• Steen suffers from chronic high blood pressure.• Older people can quickly become dispirited and depressed by chronic illness.• Her injuries have left her with chronic migraine headaches, seizures, insomnia, nausea and short-term memory loss.• Some of these patients benefit from referral to a chronic pain center.• It brought to light chronic problems with staff and aging equipment.• chronic unemployment• California is trying to cope with chronic water shortages.Origin chronic (1400-1500) French chronique, from Greek chronikos “of time”, from chronos; CHRON-