Acute Definition & Meaning
acute
- adjective
- having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course; "acute appendicitis"; "the acute phase of the illness"; "acute patients"
- extremely sharp or intense; "acute pain"; "felt acute annoyance"; "intense itching and burning"
- having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative observations"
- of an angle; less than 90 degrees
- ending in a sharp point
- of critical importance and consequence; "an acute (or critical) lack of research funds"
- noun
- a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
"Acute" in song lyrics
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"examples of acute"
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"care center of rossmoor sub acute"
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