chron- /kron- or krən-/ or chrono- /krō-nō-, -nə- or kro-no-/

Denoting time

chrōnˈaxie noun (medicine)

A time constant in the excitation of a nerve or muscle which equals the smallest time required to produce a response when the stimulus is double the minimum intensity required to produce a basic response

chronˈic adjective

1. Lasting a long time
2. (of a disease) deep-seated or long continued, opp to acute (chronic fatigue syndrome a long-term post-viral syndrome with chronic fatigue and muscle pain on exercise)
3. Deplorable (slang)
4. Relating to time (obsolete)

1. A chronic invalid
2. A student who repeatedly fails in examinations (old slang)

chronˈical adjective

Chronic

chronˈically adverb

chronicˈity noun

chronobiolˈogy noun

The science of biological rhythms, esp where the properties of the rhythms are measured

chronˈogram noun

(Gr gramma letter) an inscription or phrase in which letters form a date in Roman numerals

chronˈograph noun

1. (Gr graphein to write) a chronogram
2. An instrument for taking exact measurements of time, or for recording graphically the moment or duration of an event

chronogˈrapher noun

A chronicler

choronographˈic adjective

chronogˈraphy noun

Chronology

chronolˈoger noun

chronologˈic or chronologˈical adjective (chronological age age in years, etc, as opposed eg to mental age)

chronologˈically adverb

chronolˈogist noun

chronolˈogize or chronolˈogise transitive verb

To arrange in chronological order or establish the order in time of (events, etc)

chronolˈogy noun

1. (Gr logos discourse) the science of computing time
2. A scheme of time
3. Order of time

• Old Boy network
• Old Boy networks
• old boys
• old campaigner
• Old Catholic
• Old Catholics
• old chap
• old-clothesman
• old-clothesmen
• Old Contemptibles
• old countries
• old country
• Old Dart
• old dear
• old dears
• Old Dominion
• olde
• old economy
• prosaicnesses
• prosaism
• prosaisms
• prosaist
• prosaists
• pros and cons
• prosateur