The word 'chronic' is a correct and usable word in written English.
It is usually used to describe something that is long-lasting or recurring. For example, "The patient was suffering from a chronic illness."
Gricelda and Domitilia are both malnourished – Domitilia from severe acute malnutrition known as kwashiorkor, and Gricelda from chronic malnutrition.
Gricelda, says Luke Johnson, the clinic founder and manager, was just 'weeks away from her organs shutting down.' Gricelda has chronic malnutrition and is 'stunted'stunted
He moved to QPR two months later and they stayed up on the final day of the season but injuries meant that he barely featured when they were relegated in 2013 and his chronic hip problem meant that he had to be managed carefully last season.
If Cook seems to be suffering a chronic case of competitive fatigue before England's one-day series, which starts next week, there was at least a flash of characteristically restrained fury in his response to his team's humiliation here.
They're suffering from a chronic itch disorder that's undiagnosed.
Only someone who has suffered from chronic, debilitating anxiety will understand quite how exhilarating this realisation felt.
While infectious and contagious diseases are the most obvious hazard, it is now recognised that the urban environment also has a major part to play in chronic illness.
As a way to tackle America's unusually stubborn chronic unemployment problem, Obama is expected to announce a deal with the leaders of large employers, for example, that will involve them agreeing not to discriminate against the long-term unemployed when making hiring decisions.
While Sinn Féin may exploit the seething discontent with the political establishment and the Irish banking system, the chronic state of the Republic's finances highlights a gaping and growing faultline on this island.
By March 2005, only a short, sharp shock - and the dramatic reorganisation that followed - could have prevented a further descent into apathy and the chronic acceptance of underachievement.
Change is so necessary because two-thirds of patients coming into acute hospitals are over 65 and they present with various chronic health conditions.
