Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: chronic
IPA transcription: [kɹ'ɑnɪk]
Pronunciations of chronic
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: chronic
    Meaning: being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering; "chronic indigestion"; "a chronic shortage of funds"; "a chronic invalid"
Usage examples
  • In chronic cases death occurs from stricture of the oesophagus causing starvation.
  • Chronic poisoning (iodism) is characterized by coryza, salivation, and lachrymation, frontal headache, loss of appetite, marked mental depression, acne of the face and chest, and a petechial eruption on the limbs.
  • The Outside dogs, whose digestions had not been trained by chronic famine to make the most of little, had voracious appetites. And when, in addition to this, the worn-out huskies pulled weakly, Hal decided that the orthodox ration was too small.
  • I even went so far as to speak of a slightly hectic cough with which, at one time, I had been troubled--of a chronic rheumatism--of a twinge of hereditary gout--and, in conclusion, of the disagreeable and inconvenient, but hitherto carefully concealed, weakness of my eyes.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Hypochondriasis, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Stuttering, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Introduction to viruses, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Zinc, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Gaucher's disease, License CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Icos, License CC BY-SA 4.0
6. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Peterloo Massacre, License CC BY-SA 4.0
7. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Schizophrenia, License CC BY-SA 4.0
8. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Queen Victoria, License CC BY-SA 4.0
9. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Helicobacter pylori, License CC BY-SA 4.0