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acute
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., originally of fevers and diseases, "coming and going quickly" (opposed to a chronic ), from Latin acutus "sharp, pointed," figuratively "shrill, penetrating; intelligent, cunning," past participle of acuere "sharpen" (see acuity ). Meaning "sharp, ...
Usage examples of acute.
The experience of hearing other women relive abusive experiences gave this patient acute anxiety attacks.
A case is reported on the page before me of a soldier affected with acute inflammation in the chest, who took successively aconite, bryonia, nux vomica, and pulsatilla, and after thirty-eight days of treatment remained without any important change in his disease.
I should rather say--of the intensest acuteness, and-- and of the acutest intensity.
The branches and branchlets are tense and straight, crowded, adpressed and acute.
Hence, the palpitation of the heart, dyspepsia or acute attacks of indigestion, with colicky pains and heaviness after meals, with eructations or belchings of gas, or local discomfort and unnatural action affecting, at different times, almost every organ of the body.
The acute ailment reproduced itself in her daughter in spite of an otherwise vigorous constitution.
Some acute ailments are attended by greater risks of a relapse during convalescence, and this applies particularly to those affecting respiration.
I plan to have a huge party, and then develop an acute attack of amnesia for the next ten years.
But a high amylase could also indicate other acute abdominal processes.
Acute articular rheumatism implies an affection of the articulations or joints.
Acute articular rheumatism is always accompanied with more or less fever.
Sub-acute articular rheumatism is not always chronic, and may disappear in a shorter time than in the acute form.
What astonished the most acute was that this wonderful treaty was conceived and carried out by a young ambassador who had hitherto been famed only as a wit.
The symptoms and auscultatory signs of chronic bronchitis are on the whole similar to those pertaining to the acute form, except that the febrile disturbance and pain are much less marked.
The emptiness of my stomach and the shock I had undergone began to stupefy me, and for a few moments I forgot my anguish only to re-awaken to acuter pains soon after.