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(medicine) having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course; "acute appendicitis"; "the acute phase of the illness"; "acute patients"

of critical importance and consequence; "an acute (or critical) lack of research funds"

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of critical importance and consequence; "an acute (or critical) lack of research funds"

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having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course; "acute appendicitis"; "the acute phase of the illness"; "acute patients"

Having nice or quick sensibility; susceptible to slight impressions; acting keenly on the senses; sharp; keen; intense; as, a man of acute eyesight, hearing, or feeling; acute pain or pleasure.

To give an acute sound to; as, he acutes his rising inflection too much.

Acuteness.

Sharp at the end; ending in a sharp point; pointed; - opposed to blunt or obtuse; as, an acute angle; an acute leaf.

Having nice discernment; perceiving or using minute distinctions; penetrating; clever; shrewd; - opposed to dull or stupid; as, an acute observer; acute remarks, or reasoning.

High, or shrill, in respect to some other sound; - opposed to grave or low; as, an acute tone or accent.

Attended with symptoms of some degree of severity, and coming speedily to a crisis; - opposed to chronic; as, an acute disease.

Having nice or quick sensibility; susceptible to slight impressions; acting keenly on the senses; sharp; keen; intense; as, a man of acute eyesight, hearing, or feeling; acute pain or pleasure.

To give an acute sound to; as, he acutes his rising inflection too much.

Acuteness.

Sharp at the end; ending in a sharp point; pointed; - opposed to blunt or obtuse; as, an acute angle; an acute leaf.

Having nice discernment; perceiving or using minute distinctions; penetrating; clever; shrewd; - opposed to dull or stupid; as, an acute observer; acute remarks, or reasoning.

High, or shrill, in respect to some other sound; - opposed to grave or low; as, an acute tone or accent.

Attended with symptoms of some degree of severity, and coming speedily to a crisis; - opposed to chronic; as, an acute disease.

Acuteness.

Sharp-pointed; mentally keen; quick of perception; severe, as pain or symptoms attending a disease; high in pitch; shrill.

Acutely.

Acuteness.

Acutely.

Sharp-pointed: keen: opp. of dull: shrewd: shrill.

Acuteness.

Acutely.

Keenly discerning or sensitive.

Intense; violent.

Sharp at the end; sharp-pointed.

1. Sharp. 2. Clever. 3. Of short and sharp course, not chronic; said of a disease.

Active; energetic; quick; short.

Sharp; keen; shrewd; highly sensitive; less than a right angle.

Sharp-pointed: keen and penetrating; having nice or quick sensibility. Applied to a tone which is sharp or high, opposed to grave; applied to an elevation of the voice, marked thus; attended with symptoms of severity, opposed to chronic; less than a right angle.

Sharp; penetrating; opposed to dull or stupid.

A disease which, with a certain degree of severity, has a rapid progress, and short duration, is said to be "acute."-Oxynose'ma, Oxyn'osos, Oxynu'sos. Diseases were formerly subdivided into Morbi acutis'simi, very acute, or those which last only three or four days: M. subacutis'simi, which continue seven days: and M. subacu'ti, or those which last from twenty to forty days. The antithesis to acute is chronic. Acute, when applied to pain, sound, cries, &c., means sharp.

Sharp.

Having severe symptoms and a short course.

Sharp, opposed to blunt; ingenious, opposed to stupid; acute disease, any disease which is attended with an increased velocity of blood, and terminates in a few days; acute accent, that which raises or sharpens the voice.