(a.) Sharp at the end; ending in a sharp point; pointed; -- opposed to blunt or obtuse; as, an acute angle; an acute leaf.
(a.) Having nice discernment; perceiving or using minute distinctions; penetrating; clever; shrewd; -- opposed to dull or stupid; as, an acute observer; acute remarks, or reasoning.
(a.) Having nice or quick sensibility; susceptible to slight impressions; acting keenly on the senses; sharp; keen; intense; as, a man of acute eyesight, hearing, or feeling; acute pain or pleasure.
(a.) High, or shrill, in respect to some other sound; -- opposed to grave or low; as, an acute tone or accent.
(a.) Attended with symptoms of some degree of severity, and coming speedily to a crisis; -- opposed to chronic; as, an acute disease.
(v. t.) To give an acute sound to; as, he acutes his rising inflection too much.
Example Sentences:
(1) In January 2011, the Nobel peace prize laureate was admitted to a Johannesburg hospital for what officials initially described as tests but what turned out to be an acute respiratory infection .
(2) It is concluded that acute renal denervation augments the pressure diuresis that follows carotid occlusion.
(3) Ethanol and L-ethionine induce acute steatosis without necrosis, whereas azaserine, carbon tetrachloride, and D-galactosamine are known to produce steatosis with varying degrees of hepatic necrosis.
(4) IgE-mediated acute systemic reactions to penicillin continue to be an important clinical problem.
(5) The cumulative incidence of grade II and III acute GVHD in the 'low dose' cyclosporin group was 42% compared to 51% in the 'standard dose' group (P = 0.60).
(6) A 66-year-old woman with acute idiopathic polyneuritis (Landry-Guillain-Barré [LGB] syndrome) had normal extraocular movements, but her pupils did not react to light or accommodation.
(7) After a period on fat-rich diet the patient's physical fitness was increased and the recovery period after the acute load was shorter.
(8) It was concluded that metoclopramide and dexamethasone showed an excellent antiemetic effect on acute drug-induced emesis, as well as on delayed emesis, induced by cisplatin.
(9) The results suggest that RPE cannot be used reliably as a surrogate for direct pulse measurement in exercise training of persons with acute dysvascular amputations.
(10) Statistically significant differences were found mainly in the randomized trial, where during the first and second years, respectively, adenoidectomy subjects had 47% and 37% less time with otitis media than control subjects and 28% and 35% fewer suppurative (acute) episodes than control subjects.
(11) Tumour necrosis factor (TNF), a polypeptide produced by mononuclear phagocytes, has been implicated as an important mediator of inflammatory processes and of clinical manifestations in acute infectious diseases.
(12) During the procedure, acute respiratory failure developed as a result of tracheal obstruction.
(13) Four patients with acute brucellosis are described, none of whom had any connexion with farming or milk industry, the source of infection being different in each case.
(14) The leukemic T-cells in two patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) had specific features of large granular lymphocytes (LGL), and those in two patients with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) had L2 morphologic characteristics.
(15) The acute effect of alcohol manifested itself by decreasing mitochondrial respiration, compensated by increased glycolytic activity of the myocardium so that myocardial energy phosphate concentration remained unchanged.
(16) The introduction of intravenous, high-dose thrombolytic therapy during a brief period has markedly reduced mortality of patients with acute myocardial infarction.
(17) The younger patients more often experienced an acute arthritis with sacroiliitis resembling a reactive disease.
(18) All five individuals appeared to have acute C. pneumoniae infection as determined by results of serologic tests (titers of IgM antibody for all individuals were greater than or equal to 1:16).
(19) The results clearly show that the acute hyperthermia of unrestrained rats induced by either peripheral or central injections of morphine is not caused by activation of the pituitary-adrenal axis.
(20) The effect of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and the combination of both on acute and chronic myocardial ischemia were evaluated in a total of 30 male rabbits.
Perspective
Definition:
(n.) Of or pertaining to the science of vision; optical.
(n.) Pertaining to the art, or in accordance with the laws, of perspective.
(a.) A glass through which objects are viewed.
(a.) That which is seen through an opening; a view; a vista.
(a.) The effect of distance upon the appearance of objects, by means of which the eye recognized them as being at a more or less measurable distance. Hence, aerial perspective, the assumed greater vagueness or uncertainty of outline in distant objects.
(a.) The art and the science of so delineating objects that they shall seem to grow smaller as they recede from the eye; -- called also linear perspective.
(a.) A drawing in linear perspective.
Example Sentences:
(1) Life expectancy and the infant mortality rate are considered more useful from an operational perspective and for comparisons than is the crude death rate because they are not influenced by age structure.
(2) It’s great to observe the beach from that perspective.
(3) Other than failing to get a goal, I couldn’t ask for anything more.” From Lambert’s perspective there was an element of misfortune about the first and third goals, with Willian benefitting from handy ricochets on both occasions.
(4) Technically speaking, this modality of brief psychotherapy is based on the nonuse of transferential interpretations, on impeding the regression od the patient, on facilitating a cognitice-affective development of his conflicts and thus obtain an internal object mutation which allows the transformation of the "past" into true history, and the "present" into vital perspectives.
(5) Don't we by chance come across this reciprocal spiral perspective when two people distrust one another without actually showing it?
(6) "From our perspective our success is mostly a London story.
(7) The whole film is primarily shown from the character's perspective, so 70% of the process involved working with the director of photography [Maxime Alexandre].
(8) The three-dimensional view obtained with scanning electron microscopy provides another perspective on the pathogenetic changes of the RCS retina.
(9) I see the question from a human rights perspective,” interjects Hasan.
(10) The present paper provides a cross-cultural perspective on these problems through description of anthropological and clinical data for a sample (N = 14) of subjects suffering from 5-alpha-reductase deficiency.
(11) The results were discussed from both behavioral and pharmacological perspectives.
(12) She attributes her interest in helping the continent to a "better perspective" on life derived from Kabbalah.
(13) This paper employs a cultural constructivist perspective to deconstruct these nosologies and the classificatory process itself.
(14) We consider this issue from a variety of perspectives.
(15) Two case studies will illustrate from a practical perspective how the change occurred.
(16) His stencils, skewed perspective and wit are recognizable enough to be mocked in the New Yorker .
(17) Analysis of the surgical morbidity, operations, organization of paediatric surgical service, further perspectives.
(18) Dealing with the experience of the Onchocerciasis control Programme in West Africa, we introduce in what perspective, it is possible to establish an environmental monitoring programme in order to minimize the impact of treatments.
(19) The development of the hydrogelic occlusive device called the P-block is described including developmental steps of the design of the device as well as the experience gained concerning the hydrogel of the device, shelf life, animal and human toxicology, insertion techniques, analgesia, check-up for retention in situ, actual efficacy of the method, mode of action of the device, complication rates, patient acceptance, continuation rates, possible reversibility and future perspectives of the method.
(20) The results of this study with regard to treatment times must be considered from the perspective of the quality of the care provided.