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ACUTE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mark placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("acute" is a kind of...):
accent; accent mark (a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course
Example:
acute patients
Classified under:
Similar:
subacute (less than acute; relating to a disease present in a person with no symptoms of it)
Domain category:
medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)
Antonym:
chronic (being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of critical importance and consequence
Example:
an acute (or critical) lack of research funds
Classified under:
Similar:
critical (being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Extremely sharp or severe
Example:
intense itching and burning
Synonyms:
acute; intense
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
sharp (keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
Example:
frequent penetrative observations
Synonyms:
acute; discriminating; incisive; keen; knifelike; penetrating; penetrative; piercing; sharp
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
perceptive (having the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment)
Derivation:
acuteness (a quick and penetrating intelligence)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Ending in a sharp point
Synonyms:
acuate; acute; needlelike; sharp
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
pointed (having a point)
Derivation:
acuteness (the quality of having a sharp edge or point)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Of an angle; less than 90 degrees
Classified under:
Adjectives
Antonym:
obtuse (of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees)
Context examples:
A protein previously linked to acute symptoms following a traumatic brain injury (TBI), may also be responsible for long-term complications that can result from TBI, according to a new research.
(Key protein found to have role in long-term complications from traumatic brain injury, NIH)
The researchers also found a decrease in power during acute alcohol exposure in the visual regions, which was related to disruption of visual processing.
(Study of brain energy patterns provides new insights into alcohol effects, National Institutes of Health)
A drug used to treat acute lymphatic leukemia.
(Mercaptopurine, NCI Dictionary)
They are found mostly in areas where sensory perception is acute, such as the fingertips.
(Merkel cell, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Middle ear infections, or acute otitis media, are a common childhood illness.
(No benefit to shortening ear infection treatment, NIH)
A disorder characterized by acute inflammation of the meninges of the brain and/or spinal cord.
(Meningitis, NCI Thesaurus)
Stroke experts have debated whether intensive glucose management after acute ischemic stroke leads to better outcomes but a new study in JAMA finds that aggressive methods are not better than standard approaches.
(Researchers get a handle on how to control blood sugar after stroke, National Institutes of Health)
The ABL1 gene is translocated in chronic myelogeneous leukemia, acute lymphoblastic leukemia and, in rare cases, acute myelogenous leukemia.
(ABL1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
This rearrangement is associated with chronic myelogenous leukemia, acute lymphoblastic leukemia and acute myeloid leukemia.
(ABL1/BCR Fusion Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
An acute leukemia of ambiguous lineage in which there is a dual population of blasts with each population expressing markers of a distinct lineage (myeloid and lymphoid or B-and T-lymphocyte). (WHO, 2001) — 2003
(Acute Bilineal Leukemia, NCI Thesaurus)
