Acute Acute

Acute - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Accurate, Active, Aggressive, Alert, Animated, Arch
This page is not about the diacritic character; see acute accent for more information.

Acute, in geometry, refers to an angle that is less than ninety degrees.


Acute, in medicine, refers to an intense illness or affliction of abrupt onset. This term refers to timescale of a disease and is often contrasted with subacute and chronic course. Examples:

Example Usage of Acute

missa68: @8figgas yes.. Acute respritory distress I think is what they called it ... its the killer that gets the people with swine flu.. 12 days
dafowc: @GregorMacdonald its keeping them funded that matters - bank liabilities, not assets, cause Acute crises
1dallisovze: Long-distance air travel soon after an Acute coronary syndrome: A... http://tinyurl.com/yez9d6n
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