Plural form; records or accounts of events; alternatively, chronic conditions or chronic patients (informal medical usage).
Plural of 'chronic' when used as a noun, or derived from 'chronica.' The usage varies depending on context and whether the word refers to records or medical conditions.
In modern slang, 'chronics' sometimes refers to chronic pain patients, but this casual usage sits oddly next to the formal historical sense where 'chronics' are ancient records—the same word spanning from disease to ancient history.
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