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chronic
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Of Human Bondage
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Chronic bronchitis, "a nasty "acking cough,' was what they chiefly suffered from; one went to the H.P. and the other to the clerk, handing in their letters: if they were going on well the words Rep 14 were written on them, and they went to the dispensary with their bottles or gallipots in order to have medicine given them for fourteen days more.†
Chpt 81-82
She had chronic bronchitis, and told him it hindered her in the exercise of her profession.†
Chpt 81-82 *
He had chronic bronchitis, but many old men had that and lived on indefinitely.†
Chpt 99-100
He reckoned out how long he could possibly live: he was well over seventy, Philip did not know his exact age, but he must be at least seventy-five; he suffered from chronic bronchitis and every winter had a bad cough.†
Chpt 105-106
Though he knew them by heart Philip read over and over again the details in his text-book of medicine of chronic bronchitis in the old.†
Chpt 105-106

Definitions:

(1) (chronic)
of something bad: lasting a long time or happening repeatedly -- especially in relation to illness
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
More rarely, Chronics is a proper noun referring to an Italian pop and punk band.