acute disease

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1. A disease or disorder that lasts a short time, comes on rapidly, and is accompanied by distinct symptoms. (Compare chronic disease.)

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acute disease

In the mouse study, the acute disease was induced with an overdose of the drug acetaminophen, and the chronic disease was promoted with a diet.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 7, 2023

Suppose an American doctor wanted a gold star when seeing patients and followed all of the guidelines for preventive, chronic and acute disease care issued by well-known medical groups.

From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2023

“Many, many others with long covid had mild/non-hospitalized acute disease but went on to develop this debilitating, syndromic, ME/CFS-type long covid,” Putrino said, referring to chronic fatigue syndrome.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 7, 2022

If millions of people end up developing persistent health issues after the acute disease stage, they will likely encounter a medical system unable to do much more than shrug.

From Scientific American ● Feb. 15, 2022

The medical relief list is composed of poor persons who are suffering from acute disease, and are, in consequence of their illness and extreme poverty, receiving relief in money or food.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 by Various