acute accent
acute
ague | a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation |
angled loofah
sing-kwa
Luffa acutangula | loofah of Pakistan, widely cultivated throughout tropics |
acute triangle
acute-angled triangle | a triangle whose interior angles are all acute |
obtuse triangle
obtuse-angled triangle | a triangle that contains an obtuse interior angle |
right triangle
right-angled triangle | a triangle with one right angle |
| acute angle | an angle less thandegrees but more than
degrees |
acute brain disorder
acute organic brain syndrome | any disorder (as sudden confusion or disorientation) in an otherwise normal person that is due to reversible (temporary) impairment of brain tissues (as by head injuries or drugs or infection) |
acute renal failure
acute kidney failure | renal failure associated with burns or other trauma or with acute infection or obstruction of the urinary tract |
poliomyelitis
polio
infantile paralysis
acute anterior poliomyelitis | an acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord |
severe acute respiratory syndrome
SARS | a respiratory disease of unknown etiology that apparently originated in mainland China in , characterized by fever and coughing or difficulty breathing or hypoxia, can be fatal |
| acute leukemia | rapidly progressing leukemia |
acute lymphocytic leukemia
acute lymphoblastic leukemia | acute leukemia characterized by proliferation of immature lymphoblast-like cells in bone marrow, lymph nodes, spleen, and blood, most common in children |
acute myelocytic leukemia
acute myeloid leukemia | acute leukemia characterized by proliferation of granular leukocytes, most common in adolescents and young adults |
acute glaucoma
closed-angle glaucoma
anglelosure glaucoma | glaucoma in which the iris blocks the outflow of aqueous humor, closed-angle glaucoma can cause a rapid buildup of high intraocular pressure that results in permanent visual damage in a couple of days |
| acute hemorrhagic encephalitis | encephalitis that resembles apoplexy due to blood extravasation |
herpes simplex encephalitis
herpes encephalitis
acute inclusion body encephalitis | common form of acute encephalitis caused by herpes simplex , usually affects the temporal and frontal lobes |
| acute gastritis | gastritis caused by ingesting an irritant (as too much aspirin) |
| acute glossitis | glossitis resulting from injury or infection and characterized by swelling and pain |
acute schizophrenic episode
reactive schizophrenia | schizophrenia of abrupt onset and relatively short duration (a few weeks or months) |
| acute pyelonephritis | pyelonephritis resulting from the spread of a bladder infection |
| acute | having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course, acute appendicitis, the acute phase of the illness, acute patients |
| acute | of critical importance and consequence, an acute (or critical) lack of research funds |
acute
intense | extremely sharp or intense, acute pain, felt acute annoyance, intense itching and burning |
| oblique-angled | having oblique angles |
acute
discriminating
incisive
keen
knifelike
penetrating
penetrative
piercing
sharp | 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 |
acuate
acute
sharp
needlelike | ending in a sharp point |
| acute | of an angle, less than degrees |
| right-angled | forming a right angle or containing one or more right angles, a right-angled bend |
| angled | forming or set at an angle, angled parking |
sharp-cornered
sharp-angled | having sharp corners |