subacute
IPA: sˈʌbʌkjˈut
noun
- (medicine, dated) A patient whose condition is less than acute.
adjective
- (medicine) Less than acute, as:
- (medicine, usually) Longer in duration than acute but shorter in duration than chronic.
- (general vocabulary, often) Lesser in severity than acute.
- (biology) Having a pointed tip, but with a broad (obtuse) or slightly rounded angle
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Examples of "subacute" in Sentences
- Retinal hemorraghages in subacute carbon monoxide poisoning.
- The article now has a reference that purports to doubt the cause-effect relationship between the drug cloquinol and the disease known as subacute myelo-optic neuropathy.
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