Definition of acute

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Acute (a.) Attended with symptoms of some degree of severity, and coming speedily to a crisis; -- opposed to chronic; as, an acute disease..

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Oxyphony :: Oxyphony (n.) Acuteness or shrillness of voice.
Shrilly :: Shrilly (adv.) In a shrill manner; acutely; with a sharp sound or voice.
Peracute :: Peracute (a.) Very sharp; very violent; as, a peracute fever..
Sharp :: Sharp (superl.) High in pitch; acute; as, a sharp note or tone..
Acute :: Acute (a.) Sharp at the end; ending in a sharp point; pointed; -- opposed to blunt or obtuse; as, an acute angle; an acute leaf..
Sting :: Sting (v. t.) Anything that gives acute pain, bodily or mental; as, the stings of remorse; the stings of reproach..
Sharp-sighted :: Sharp-sighted (a.) Having quick or acute sight; -- used literally and figuratively.
Callidity :: Callidity (n.) Acuteness of discernment; cunningness; shrewdness.
Argute :: Argute (a.) Sagacious; acute; subtle; shrewd.
Insight :: Insight (n.) Power of acute observation and deduction; penetration; discernment; perception.
Sensitive :: Sensitive (a.) Having quick and acute sensibility, either to the action of external objects, or to impressions upon the mind and feelings; highly susceptible; easily and acutely affected..
Oxytone :: Oxytone (a.) Having an acute sound; (Gr. Gram.), having an acute accent on the last syllable..
Oxytone :: Oxytone (n.) A word having the acute accent on the last syllable.
Tormina :: Tormina (n. pl.) acute, colicky pains; gripes..
Deaden :: Deaden (a.) To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to blunt; as, to deaden the natural powers or feelings; to deaden a sound..
Nasutness :: Nasutness (n.) Quickness of scent; hence, nice discernment; acuteness..
Sharp :: Sharp (superl.) Affecting the sense as if pointed or cutting, keen, penetrating, acute: to the taste or smell, pungent, acid, sour, as ammonia has a sharp taste and odor; to the hearing, piercing, shrill, as a sharp sound or voice; to the eye, instantaneously brilliant, dazzling, as a sharp flash..
Acutilobate :: Acutilobate (a.) Having acute lobes, as some leaves..
Beriberi :: Beriberi (n.) An acute disease occurring in India, characterized by multiple inflammatory changes in the nerves, producing great muscular debility, a painful rigidity of the limbs, and cachexy..
Oxytone :: Oxytone (n.) An acute sound.
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