acute
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This would effectively mean more payments are going to acute conditions and less to chronic ones.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Initial blood tests showed Roo had an acute kidney injury, and his kidneys were extremely dehydrated so doctors began searching for the cause.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
He died of heart failure and acute pulmonary edema -- a condition where fluid accumulates in the lungs -- two weeks after going under the knife.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
“Long story short: I fractured my neck and have an acute brain injury,” guitarist and vocalist Phoebe Lunny wrote Wednesday on Instagram, adding that the injury happened in Australia and was initially misdiagnosed.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
In listening, I sobbed convulsively; for I could repress what I endured no longer; I was obliged to yield, and I was shaken from head to foot with acute distress.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Vocabulary lists containing acute
100 SAT Words Beginning with "A"
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The ACT Reading Test: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 1
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 7
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