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adj
Less than acute.
Longer in duration than acute but shorter in duration than chronic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: usually
Topics: medicine, sciences
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adj
Less than acute.
Lesser in severity than acute.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: often
Qualifier: general vocabulary
Topics: medicine, sciences
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adj
Having a pointed tip, but with a broad (obtuse) or slightly rounded angle
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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noun
A patient whose condition is less than acute.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
Topics: medicine, sciences
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adjective satellite
less than acute; relating to a disease present in a person with no symptoms of it
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English acute English subacute From sub- + acute.
Across languages
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
