acute malaria

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n.

Any of various forms of malaria that may be intermittent or remittent, consisting of a chill accompanied by fever with its attendant general symptoms and terminating in a sweating stage.

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Exploitation of trafficking victims may be most acute in conflict and adjoining regions, but it is not confined to these areas.
ISIS, Boko Haram, and the Growing Role of Human Trafficking in 21st Century Terrorism|Louise I. Shelley|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This sense of vulnerability is, of course, even more acute in micro-states like Jamaica.
How Maurice Tomlinson Was Outed in Jamaica—and Forced Into Exile|Jay Michaelson|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Kids suffering from malaria or extreme diarrhea are now too often left without medical care.
Millions Promised for Ebola Not Adding Up|Abby Haglage|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She says the nurses have done some tests and say her daughter has malaria.
Ebola Is Destroying Liberia’s Vaccination Program|Wade C.L. Williams|November 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Malaria, which is spread my mosquitoes, has also been on the rise since the camp was flooded.
‘There was no food, no more water lilies’|Crystal Wells|October 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In acute and chronic parenchymatous nephritis the quantity is usually very large.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Renal cells are abundant in parenchymatous nephritis, especially the acute form.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
There was acute disharmony in the room, where a little time before there had been at least an outward show of harmony.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
As they got lower and lower down the hill, her wretchedness and disquiet became acute, to the point of a wild despair.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
It seemed quite the forlornest hope I had ever heard of, but Jack's distress was so acute that I hadn't the heart to refuse.
Uncanny Tales|Various

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