- Look up
acute in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Acute may
refer to:
Acute accent, a
diacritic used in many
modern written languages Acute (phonetic)...
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Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a
sudden inflammation of the pancreas. Causes, in
order of frequency,include: 1) a
gallstone impacted in the
common bile duct...
- available. An
early precursor of the
acute accent was the apex, used in
Latin inscriptions to mark long vowels. The
acute accent was
first used in the polytonic...
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Acute leukemia or
acute leukaemia is a
family of
serious medical conditions relating to an
original diagnosis of leukemia. In most cases,
these can be...
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Acute radiation syndrome (ARS), also
known as
radiation sickness or
radiation poisoning, is a
collection of
health effects that are
caused by
being exposed...
- In photography,
acutance describes a
subjective perception of
sharpness that is
related to the edge
contrast of an image.
Acutance is
related to the amplitude...
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Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a
cancer of the
myeloid line of
blood cells,
characterized by the
rapid growth of
abnormal cells that
build up in the...
- In medicine,
describing a
disease as
acute denotes that it is of
recent onset; it
occasionally denotes a
short duration. The
quantification of how much...
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Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a
cancer of the
lymphoid line of
blood cells characterized by the
development of
large numbers of
immature lymphocytes...
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acute abdomen includes:[citation needed]
Acute appendicitis Acute peptic ulcer and its
complications Acute cholecystitis Acute pancreatitis Acute intestinal...
