Middle English Dictionary Entry
cronik adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | cronik adj. |
| Etymology | L & OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Of diseases: lasting a long time, chronic.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)135b/a : Naturale defenes..is not cured, And þat þat is accidentale cronic [L accidentalis cronica] of 2 ȝere.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)162a/b : It auaileþ to cronic passionz.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 277)21/13 : Þe fourtened day, which is endyng of acutez sekenez and bygynnyng of cronicez.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)78/30 : Febrez, als wele acuez as crenic [read: cronic] i. long tyme lastyng.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1475 *AgilonUrin in Norri Dict.Med.(Sln 121)48r (1:641) : Lechys oftentymes faylen þat ben vnkunynge or neccligent, yevynge .. an acute medicyn to a cronyk yuyll or ayenwarde, .. a continue medecyn to an interpollar yuylle.
Note: Modify gloss: also, of medicine: treating a chronic illness.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1484 Comment.Hippocrates (Trin-C R.14.52)397/384 : Of such weikenes and thynnes in the nosethrillis shal appiere in state of cronic sikenesses.
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