acute disease

Cultural  

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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Example Sentences

Some variants have caused longer or shorter acute disease periods.

From Slate

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

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

“We’re pretty good at capturing acute disease,” he added.

From Los Angeles Times

Ziyad Al-Aly, chief of research and development at the VA St. Louis Health Care System and lead author of the new report, said it showed the importance of introducing an antiviral to reduce the severity of acute disease.

From Washington Post