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▸ adjective: (medicine) Prolonged or slow to heal.
▸ adjective: Of a person, suffering from an affliction that is prolonged or slow to heal.
▸ adjective: Inveterate or habitual.
▸ adjective: (slang) Very bad, awful.
▸ adjective: (informal) Extremely serious.
▸ adjective: (slang) Good, great; "wicked".
▸ noun: (slang) Marijuana, typically of high quality.
▸ 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.
▸ noun: A person who is chronic, such as a criminal reoffender or a person with chronic disease.
Similar:
prolonged,
inveterate,
confirmed,
habitual,
progressive,
addicted,
degenerative,
acute,
debilitating,
recurrent,
more...
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Types:
cancer,
diabetes,
asthma,
arthritis,
obesity,
heart disease,
Alzheimer's disease,
kidney disease,
more...
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