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Chronic vs Zotepine - What's the difference?

chronic | zotepine |

As nouns the difference between chronic and zotepine

is that chronic is (slang) marijuana, typically of high quality while zotepine is (pharmacy) an antipsychotic drug used to treat acute and chronic schizophrenia.

As an adjective chronic

is of a problem, that continues over an extended period of time.

chronic

English

Alternative forms

* chronick (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of a problem, that continues over an extended period of time.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
  • , chapter=8 citation , passage=It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face.}}
  • (label) Prolonged or slow to heal.
  • Of a person, suffering from an affliction that is prolonged or slow to heal.
  • Inveterate or habitual.
  • (label) Very bad, awful.
  • (label) Extremely serious.
  • (label) Good, great, as in "wicked".
  • Antonyms

    * (prolonged or slow to heal) acute

    Noun

  • (slang) Marijuana, typically of high quality.
  • (medicine) A condition of extended duration, either continuous or marked by frequent recurrence. Sometimes implies a condition which worsens with each recurrence, though that is not inherent in the term.
  • Synonyms

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    zotepine

    Noun

    (-)
  • (pharmacy) An antipsychotic drug used to treat acute and chronic schizophrenia.