subacute
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The child died from subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, a fatal progressive brain disorder that strikes roughly 1 in 10,000 people infected with measles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026
Other complications include brain inflammation and, in rarer cases, subacute sclerosing panencephalitis — a deadly neurological disorder.
From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2024
The authors state that identifying slowed recovery in people with subacute low back pain is important so that care can be escalated and the likelihood of persistent pain reduced.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 22, 2024
That area consists of 16 subacute beds where people typically spend two to four days.
From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2022
The first glume is lanceolate, oblong, subacute, many-nerved, coriaceous and glabrous.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by K. Rangachari
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