ACUTE
\ɐkjˈuːt], \ɐkjˈuːt], \ɐ_k_j_ˈuː_t]\
Definitions of ACUTE
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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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"
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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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a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
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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"
By Princeton University
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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.
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To give an acute sound to; as, he acutes his rising inflection too much.
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Acuteness.
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Sharp at the end; ending in a sharp point; pointed; - opposed to blunt or obtuse; as, an acute angle; an acute leaf.
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Having nice discernment; perceiving or using minute distinctions; penetrating; clever; shrewd; - opposed to dull or stupid; as, an acute observer; acute remarks, or reasoning.
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High, or shrill, in respect to some other sound; - opposed to grave or low; as, an acute tone or accent.
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Attended with symptoms of some degree of severity, and coming speedily to a crisis; - opposed to chronic; as, an acute disease.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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To give an acute sound to; as, he acutes his rising inflection too much.
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Acuteness.
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Sharp at the end; ending in a sharp point; pointed; - opposed to blunt or obtuse; as, an acute angle; an acute leaf.
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Having nice discernment; perceiving or using minute distinctions; penetrating; clever; shrewd; - opposed to dull or stupid; as, an acute observer; acute remarks, or reasoning.
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High, or shrill, in respect to some other sound; - opposed to grave or low; as, an acute tone or accent.
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Attended with symptoms of some degree of severity, and coming speedily to a crisis; - opposed to chronic; as, an acute disease.
By Noah Webster.
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Acuteness.
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Sharp-pointed; mentally keen; quick of perception; severe, as pain or symptoms attending a disease; high in pitch; shrill.
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Acutely.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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Acuteness.
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Acutely.
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Keenly discerning or sensitive.
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Intense; violent.
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Sharp at the end; sharp-pointed.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William R. Warner
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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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.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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