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What does chronic mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word chronic? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Of a problem, that continues over an extended period of time.
  2. (medicine) Prolonged or slow to heal.
  3. Of a person, suffering from an affliction that is prolonged or slow to heal.
  4. Inveterate or habitual.
  5. (slang) Very bad, awful.
  6. (informal) Extremely serious.
  7. (slang) Good, great, as in "wicked".
Noun
  1. (slang) Marijuana, typically of high quality.
  2. (anthropology) A social situation or phenomenon that is intense and protracted.
  3. (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.
  4. A person who is chronic, such as a criminal reoffender or a person with chronic disease.
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