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chronic

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈkrɒnɪk/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈkrɑnɪk/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(kron′ik)

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Inglés	Español
chronic adj	(disease: long-term)	crónico/a adj
She suffers from chronic bronchitis.
Sufre de bronquitis crónica.
chronic adj	(problem: continuing)	crónico/a adj
Chronic food shortages are hurting the children.
La escasez crónica de comida está lastimando a los niños.
chronic adj	(person: habitual)	empedernido/a adj
crónico/a adj
(antiguo)	inveterado/a adj
Don't believe a word he says – he's a chronic liar.
No le creas una sola palabra, es un mentiroso empedernido.

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Compound Forms:
Inglés	Español
CFS n	initialism (chronic fatigue syndrome)	SFC nm
chronic alcoholism n	(long-term alcohol addiction)	alcoholismo crónico nm + adj
My uncle suffers from chronic alcoholism and cannot control how much he drinks.
Mi tío padece alcoholismo crónico y no puede controlar cuánto bebe.
chronic bronchitis n	(persistent respiratory disease)	bronquitis crónica nf
He was a heavy smoker all his life, which led to chronic bronchitis and an early death from heart failure.
chronic condition n	(long-term illness)	enfermedad crónica nf + adj
The doctor says that they have medicines to treat chronic conditions.
El doctor dice que tienen medicamentos para tratar las enfermedades crónicas.
(formal)	afección crónica nf + adj
(formal)	padecimiento crónico nm + adj
(PR)	condición crónica nf + adj
chronic disease n	(long-term illness)	enfermedad crónica nf + adj
Janine is suffering from some kind of chronic disease.
Janine padece alguna enfermedad crónica.
chronic fatigue syndrome n	(medical condition)	síndrome de fatiga crónica loc nom m
chronic inflammation n	(persistent infection or swelling)	inflamación crónica nf
Scientists demonstrated that chronic inflammation can predispose an individual to cancer.
chronic leukemia (US), chronic leukaemia (UK) n	(persistent cancer of the blood)	leucemia crónica loc nom f
Tiredness due to anaemia is a symptom of chronic lymphocyte leukaemia (CLL), the commonest type of leukaemia.
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COPD n	(respiratory disease)	enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica loc nom f
(abreviatura)	EPOC loc nom f

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'chronic' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:

In the English description:

CFS - continuing - fibromyalgia - inveteracy - inveterate - lupus - myalgic encephalomyelitis - neurasthenia - underlying condition - yuppie flu

Spanish:

crónico - cronificar

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Synonyms: inveterate, confirmed, settled, habitual, hardened, more...

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