acute

acute

adjective

{bc}characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset

{bc}of rapid onset and relatively short duration

{bc}being, providing, or requiring short-term medical care (as for {d_link|acute disease|acute disease} or traumatic injury)

acute disease

noun

{bc}a disease (such as bronchitis, gastroenteritis, or the flu) of rapid onset and relatively short duration

acute flaccid myelitis

noun

{bc}a serious, rare, neurological condition of sudden onset chiefly affecting young children that causes inflammation of the {d_link|gray matter|gray matter} of the spinal cord, results in severe, sometimes permanent weakness and loss of muscle tone especially of the arms or legs, and is often preceded by a viral respiratory illness or fever

acute mountain sickness

noun

{bc}{d_link|altitude sickness|altitude sickness} that is experienced usually within several hours to one day of ascending above 8000 to 10,000 feet (about 2500 to 3000 meters) and that is marked by headache, nausea, loss of appetite, vomiting, insomnia, dizziness, and fatigue, and may lead to serious complications including severe {d_link|edema|edema} of the brain or lungs

acute otitis media

noun

{bc}infection of the {d_link|middle ear|middle ear} that is of rapid onset and is marked by inflammation, earache, fever, decreased hearing, fluid in the middle ear, and sometimes rupture of the {d_link|tympanic membrane|tympanic membrane}

acute respiratory distress syndrome

noun

{bc}respiratory failure of sudden onset in adults or children that follows injury to the endothelium of the lung (as in {d_link|sepsis|sepsis}, chest trauma, massive blood transfusion, {d_link|aspiration|aspiration} of the gastric contents, or pneumonia) and results in the accumulation of protein-rich fluid and the collapse of {d_link|alveoli|alveolus} leading to difficult, rapid breathing and very low levels of oxygen in the blood

severe acute respiratory syndrome

noun

{bc}{sx|sars||}

hy*per*acute

adjective

{bc}extremely or excessively {d_link|acute|acute}

post-COVID syndrome

noun

{bc}a condition that is marked by the presence of symptoms (such as fatigue, cough, shortness of breath, headache, or {d_link|brain fog|brain fog}) which persist for an extended period of time (such as weeks or months) following a personu0027s initial recovery from {d_link|COVID-19|COVID-19} infection {bc}{sx|long covid||}