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subacute

[suhb-uh-kyoot]
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adjective
  1. somewhat or moderately acute.

Origin of subacute

First recorded in 1745–55; sub- + acute
Related formssub·a·cute·ly, adverb
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Examples from the Web for subacute

Historical Examples

  • Theirs is a sort of subacute patriotism; but it has its use.

    Lord Kilgobbin

    Charles Lever

  • Had subacute rheumatism, with considerable swelling of ankle-joints.

    The Electric Bath

    George M. Schweig

  • Ventral lobes of collar prolonged, subacute, not overlapping.

  • The cases of the subacute type are by far the most numerous.

  • Microscopically the process is found to be a subacute inflammation of the media, which has been called a mesaortitis.

    Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension:

    Louis Marshall Warfield

British Dictionary definitions for subacute

subacute

adjective
  1. intermediate between acute and chronic
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Word Origin and History for subacute

adj.

1752, from sub- + acute.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
subacute in Medicine

subacute

(sŭb′ə-kyōōt′)
adj.
  1. Between acute and chronic.
Related formssub′a•cute′ly adv.
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