ACUTE

Acute

In medicine, an acute disease is a disease with a rapid onset and/or a short course. Acute may be used to distinguish a disease from a chronic form, such as acute leukemia and chronic leukemia, or to highlight the sudden onset of a disease, such as acute myocardial infarction. The word 'acute' may also be used in the context of medicine to refer to the acute phase of injury, referring to the immediate post-injury healing processes.

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acute

Noun

  1. An acute accent.
    The word “cafe” often has an acute over the ‘e’.

Verb

  1. To give an acute sound to.
    He acutes his rising inflection too much.

Adjective

  1. Urgent.
  2. Sensitive.
  3. Short, quick, brief.
  4. Of an angle, less than 90 degrees.
  5. Of a triangle, having all three interior angles measuring less than 90 degrees.
  6. With the sides meeting directly to form a pointed acute angle at the apex, base, or both.
  7. Of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset, in contrast to delayed onset; this sense does not imply severity (unlike the common usage).
  8. Of a short-lived condition, in contrast to a chronic condition; this sense also does not imply severity.
  9. Having an acute accent.
  10. High or shrill.
    an acute tone or accent


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