Of abrupt onset, in reference to a disease. Acute often also connotes
an illness that is of short duration, rapidly progressive, and in need of urgent
care.
" Acute" is a measure of the time scale of a disease and is in contrast to "subacute"
and "chronic." "Subacute" indicates longer duration or less rapid change. "Chronic"
indicates indefinite duration or virtually no change.
The time scale depends on the particular disease. For example, an acute myocardial
infarction (heart attack) may last a week while an acute sore throat may only last
a day or two.
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