chronic
adjective43 collocationsAvg. frequency: 7.1
a disease that develops slowly and continues for a long time
an illness that lasts for a very long time
chronic pain8.7
pain that is ongoing and usually lasts longer than six months
a long-term health condition
a problem that has existed for a long time and is difficult to solve
a state of long-term, debilitating tiredness
a long-lasting period of clinical depression
a situation in which there is not enough of something for a long time
long-term inflammation of the joints
long-term unemployment that is difficult to resolve
Collocations with "chronic"
... + chronic
ailmentalcoholicalcoholismanxietyarthritisasthmacasecomplaintcomplicationconditioncongestionconstipationcoughdepressiondiarrhoeadisabilitydiseasedisorderexposurefatigueheadachehepatitisillnessinabilityindigestioninfectioninflammationleukaemiamalnutritionmigrainepainphasepoisoningproblemrheumatismschizophreniashortagesicksicknessstresssymptomtirednessunemployment