(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).
(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.
Recrudescence
Definition:
(n.) Alt. of Recrudescency
Example Sentences:
(1) However, a recrudescence in both psychotic and depressive symptoms developed as plasma desipramine levels rose 4 times higher than anticipated from the oral doses prescribed.
(2) Sixty-five patients with recrudescent orofacial herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections all had circulating HSV-specific antibody measured by ELISA and cell-mediated immunity (CMI) to HSV by in vitro lymphoproliferation.
(3) Regression occurred after the summer solstice and recrudescence occurred after the winter solstice.
(4) In four additional patients studied serially, the cell-mediated immunity was significantly increased during the recrudescence of herpetic infection, with a mean specific immune release value of 51.7 plus or minus 27.8%, compared to 8.7 plus or minus 1.5% during the convalescent period 2 to 10 weeks later (P is less than 0.05).
(5) However, there is no evidence in the cat for recrudescent chemoreceptor input to the respiratory control system with measurable steady state effect.
(6) in the US the last ten years have witnessed an alarming recrudescence involving vast strata of the population and especially children, although this is masked by the paucity of reports, as is the case also in Italy.
(7) Treatment with T-2 toxin did not cause recrudescence of parasitemia in mice with latent Babesia infection.
(8) Of the 100 cases with sterile CSF on repeat culture, there was no instance of recrudescence of infection during hospitalization.
(9) During maintenance therapy, recrudescence (n = 6) or relapse (n = 1) occurred in seven out of the 12 patients initially assigned to itraconazole, whereas two relapses occurred among nine patients initially treated with amphotericin B plus flucytosine (P = 0.22); recurrence of clinical symptoms was significantly related to a positive cerebrospinal fluid culture at 6 weeks (P = 0.003).
(10) In Experiment 2, adult hamsters were divided into the following groups: induced recrudescing, active, and regressed (5L:19D for 16 wk).
(11) An enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kit for detecting IgG class antibody to T gondii was compared with the latex agglutination test to determine the specificity as a screening method in 12 patients who had undergone heart transplantation (recrudescence of T gondii infection n = 3, donor acquired infection n = 3; acute cytomegalovirus infection n = 6).
(12) The extension and gravity of drug resistance of P. falciparum and the withdrawal of anti-vectorial campaign constitute two reasons for the present recrudescence of malaria.
(13) The variations in biochemical components were associated with the reproductive cycles and gonad recrudescence of these parasites.
(14) Fluctuations in thyroid functions during gonadal regression, recrudescence and peak gonadal activity are discussed in the present communication.
(15) Five cases that were suspected of having TB on analysis of their chest X-rays were administered prophylactic anti-tuberculous chemotherapy, after which no recrudescence or onset of TB.
(16) Patients with cutaneous disorders associated with dry skin or intraoral leukoplakia had an increased incidence of recrudescence.
(17) The interpretation of the two DNA histogram parameters, the degree of ploidy and the proliferation index, provided an excellent prognosis of which patients would show tumoral recrudescence, as verified by follow ups.
(18) Two showed late rises in antibody titre which raises the possibility of recrudescent persisting infection.
(19) Between 1954 and 1963, typhus, both epidemic and recrudescent, has been studied in Bosnia.
(20) Other evidence is provided by the waning and waxing of gastritis, which has been correlated in several studies with clearance followed by recrudescence of the organisms.