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acute

[uh-kyoot] / əˈkyut /






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Pai-Verma says she has seen patients with acute reactions like body rashes and even a patient with heavy metal poisoning.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

But there are particularly acute pressures in the departments of health, education and justice that have made reaching agreement on it difficult.

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

Those risks are especially acute for waters near storm drains, creeks and rivers, it said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

The old woman bent an acute glance at him.

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie




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