Acute generally refers to something that is severe, intense, or critical. It can often signify a short term, sudden, or rapid occurrence. The term is widely used in various fields, such as medicine where it denotes sudden onset of disease or symptoms.
It first entered the English language with a medical sense, referring to the sharpness or severity of a symptom. It retains this meaning today, but can also refer to the severity of more general matters, such as "acute embarrassment" or "an acute shortage." ACUTE definition: sharp or severe in effect; intense. See examples of acute used in a sentence. ACUTE definition: 1.
acute tracheobronchitis symptoms, If a bad situation is acute, it causes severe problems or damage: 2. An acute pain or illness…. Learn more. 1. sharp or severe in effect; intense: acute pain.
acute tracheobronchitis symptoms, 2. extremely great or serious: an acute shortage of oil. 3. (of disease) brief and severe (disting. from chronic). 4.
penetrating in intellect, insight, or perception. 5. sensitive even to slight details or impressions: acute eyesight. Definition of acute adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
