OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 10784

chronic

/ˈkɹɒn.ɪk/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
crónico
Of a problem, that continues over an extended period of time.
Peer group support is important to displaced homemakers. The Displaced Homemakers' Network has done excellent work in helping women see that their problems do not have to be chroni…
chronic unemployment; chronic poverty; chronic anger; chronic life
crónico
Prolonged or slow to heal.
So dreadful was the concentration of his glare that it seemed as if it must become chronic and stay like that for ever.
chronic cough; chronic headache; chronic illness
crónico
Of a person, suffering from an affliction that is prolonged or slow to heal.
Chronic patients must learn to live with their condition.
crónico
Inveterate or habitual.
He's a chronic smoker.