chronics
USKRAH-niks/ˈkɹɑnɪks/UKKRON-iks/ˈkɹɒnɪks/
- 1Plural of chronic.
The long-stay wing housed mostly chronics whose conditions required ongoing management.
Nurses on the night shift knew the regular chronics by name.
Note
An adjective turned noun, then given an ordinary -s plural. The adjective chronic never takes an ending, so chronics always signals the noun. Most often that means people: those whose illness persists or recurs, or criminal reoffenders. The same plural can also name kinds of a long-lasting condition. The slang word for high-quality marijuana works both ways: with this plural, or as a mass noun with none.
chronics is a form of chronic
chronic, noun: Marijuana, typically of high quality. Full entry
- Forms
- chronicchronics plural
- Spelling
- chronic → chronics: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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