chronic
Definition of abbreviation (noun) -
continuing a long time; habitual; lingering; constant; lastingPart of speech:
AdjectiveThe man was beginning to believe he had chronic bronchitis he's coughed for a month.
The prevention of ill-health and the successful treatment of chronic and acute illness in older people could result if they felt more positive about their potential for good health in old age, and had access to relevant information.
The depression of the late 1920s and chronic unemployment appeared to confirm Malthusian pessimism.
Arthritis may be an acute or a chronic illness.
Contracts overseas are one way that Japanese firms can fight back against a chronic shortage of trained programmers.
If the glands in the urethra are involved, and chronic infection sets in, there may be fibrous tissue deposited at the sites of the chronic infection, and stricture formation may occur.