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Meaning of acute
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
acute
adj 1: having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe
course; "acute appendicitis"; "the acute phase of the
illness"; "acute patients" [ant: {chronic}]
2: extremely sharp or intense; "acute pain"; "felt acute
annoyance"; "intense itching and burning" [syn: {acute},
{intense}]
3: having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine
distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and
politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning";
"as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating
insight"; "frequent penetrative observations" [syn: {acute},
{discriminating}, {incisive}, {keen}, {knifelike},
{penetrating}, {penetrative}, {piercing}, {sharp}]
4: of an angle; less than 90 degrees [ant: {obtuse}]
5: ending in a sharp point [syn: {acuate}, {acute}, {sharp},
{needlelike}]
6: of critical importance and consequence; "an acute (or
critical) lack of research funds"
n 1: a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
[syn: {acute accent}, {acute}, {ague}]
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