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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
abiding, accepted, accustomed, age-long, aged, ancient, antique, confirmed, constant, continuing, customary, deep-dyed, deep-fixed, deep-rooted, deep-seated, deep-set, deep-settled, diuturnal, durable, dyed-in-the-wool, enduring, established, evergreen, fast, fixed, habitual, habituated, hardened, hardy, immutable, implanted, incorrigible, inculcated, infixed, ingrained, instilled, intransient, inveterate, irreversible, lasting, lingering, long-established, long-lasting, long-lived, long-standing, long-term, longeval, longevous, macrobiotic, of long duration, of long standing, perdurable, perduring, perennial, permanent, perpetual, persistent, persisting, remaining, rooted, routine, sempervirent, set, settled, settled in habit, stable, staying, steadfast, thorough, tough, unfading, vital, wonted
Dictionary Results for chronic:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
chronic
    adj 1: being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long
           suffering; "chronic indigestion"; "a chronic shortage of
           funds"; "a chronic invalid" [ant: acute]
    2: of long duration; "chronic money problems" [syn: chronic,
       continuing]
    3: habitual; "a chronic smoker" [syn: chronic, inveterate]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Chronic \Chron"ic\, a. [L. chronicus, Gr. ? concerning time,
   from ? time: cf. F. chronique.]
   1. Relating to time; according to time.
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   2. Continuing for a long time; lingering; habitual.
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   Chronic disease, one which is inveterate, of long
      continuance, or progresses slowly, in distinction from an
      acute disease, which speedly terminates.
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