chronic

  1. Adjective.  (context, of a problem or illness) That continues over an extended period of time.
  2. Adjective.  (medicine) Prolonged or slow to heal. The opposite of acute.
  3. Adjective.  suffering from such affliction.
  4. Adjective.  Inveterate or habitual.
  5. Adjective.  (informal) Very bad, awful.
  6. Adjective.  (informal) Extremely serious.
  7. Adjective.  (informal) Good, great, as in "wicked".
  8. Noun.  A chronic one.
  9. Noun.  (slang) Marijuana, typically of high quality.
  10. Noun.  (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.

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