CHRONIC

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1892 · p. 11

adj. Kro"n'i!1k. Gr., xpo"10* (from XP15" *- duration). Lat., chronic us, long us. Fr., chronique. Ger., chronisch, langwierig. It., cronico, in ret era to. Sp., cronico. Lingering, of long duration; that which lasts a long time, in opposition to that which is acute. [s. 266]