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ACME

\ˈakmɪ], \ˈakmɪ], \ˈa_k_m_ɪ]\

Definitions of ACME

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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The crisis or height of a disease.
Mature age; full bloom of life.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

The crisis or height of a disease.
Mature age; full bloom of life.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

The top; the highest point; the crisis of a disease.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

1. The period of greatest intensity of a fever or of any symptom. 2. Acne.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

Crisis or extreme condition of a disease.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

The top or highest point: the crisis, as of a disease.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

The highest point, or summit.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

The highest point or summit; perfection; climax.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

The highest point; the top; maturity or perfection; the height or crisis of a disease.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

The period of a disease at which the symptoms are most violent.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

The critical stage or crisis of a disease.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Syn.: crisis, fastigium. The culminating point of a fever.
An acne pimple; according to some authors, a wart. [Gr.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

n. [Greek] The height, top, or highest point of a thing ; crisis.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

The height of any thing; more especially used to denote the height of a distemper.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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