Acute (medicine)
In medicine, an acute disease is a disease with either or both of:
- a rapid onset, as in acute infection
- a short course (as opposed to a chronic course).
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Famous quotes containing the word acute:
“Strictly speaking, there is but one real evil: I mean acute pain. All other complaints are so considerably diminished by time that it is plain the grief is owing to our passion, since the sensation of it vanishes when that is over.”
—Mary Wortley, Lady Montagu (1689–1762)