subacute

An irritation, or subacute inflammation of the digestive apparatus, which is aggravated by animal food.
Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages|William Andrus Alcott
Acacia, tragacanth, bassorin and plasment applications are used in cases of a subacute and chronic character.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin|Henry Weightman Stelwagon
Name several external remedies and combinations useful in eczema of a subacute or mildly inflammatory type.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin|Henry Weightman Stelwagon
Essentially chronic, the inflammatory action being of a subacute or sluggish character, with acute exacerbations.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin|Henry Weightman Stelwagon

When following the subacute form of laminitis, the changes characterizing pumiced-foot are slow in making their appearance.
Diseases of the Horse's Foot|Harry Caulton Reeks

British Dictionary definitions for subacute

subacute

/ (ˌsʌbəˈkjuːt) /

adjective

intermediate between acute and chronic

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Medical definitions for subacute

subacute

[ sŭb′ə-kyōōt′ ]

adj.

Between acute and chronic.

Other words from subacute

sub′a•cute′ly adv.