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| chronic | |
| 1. agg. cronico, persistente, inveterato | |
| 2. agg. ostinato, impenitente | |
| 3. agg. ricorrente, continuo | |
| 4. agg. (medicina) cronico | |
| 5. agg. terribile, pessimo | |
| 6. sost. (medicina) cronico | |
| a chronic illness - una malattia cronica | |
| 7. sost. (per estensione) inveterato, incallito, irriducibile | |
| a chronic habit - una abitudine inveterata | |
| a chronic drunkard - un ubriacone incallito | |
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| chronic | |
| 1. adj. Of a problem, that continues over an extended period of time. |  |
| chronic unemployment; chronic poverty; chronic anger | |
| 2. adj. (medicine) Prolonged or slow to heal. | |
| chronic cough; chronic headache; chronic illness | |
| 3. adj. Of a person, suffering from an affliction that is prolonged or slow to heal. | |
| Chronic patients must learn to live with their condition. | |
| 4. adj. Inveterate or habitual. | |
| He's a chronic smoker. | |
| 5. adj. (slang) Very bad, awful. | |
| That concert was chronic. | |
| 6. adj. (informal) Extremely serious. | |
| They left him in a chronic condition. | |
| 7. adj. (slang) Good, great; "wicked". | |
| That was cool, chronic in fact. | |
| 8. subst. (slang) Marijuana, typically of high quality. | |
| 9. subst. (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 te | |
| 10. subst. A person who is chronic, such as a criminal reoffender or a person with chronic disease. | |
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