subacute

English

Etymology

sub- +‎ acute

Adjective

subacute (comparative more subacute, superlative most subacute)

1. (medicine) Less than acute, as:
   1. (medicine, usually) Longer in duration than acute but shorter in duration than chronic.
   2. (general vocabulary, often) Lesser in severity than acute.
2. (biology) Having a pointed tip, but with a broad (obtuse) or slightly rounded angle

Coordinate terms

• (medicine, duration, in chronological order): acute, postacute (often overlapping), chronic, long-term (sometimes overlapping, always adjacent)
• (degree of sharpness): blunt, dull

Derived terms

• subacute regional lymphadenitis

 

Translations

less than acute

• Italian: subacuto (it)
• Japanese: 亜急性の (あきゅうせいの, akyūsei no)
• Kyrgyz: субакутен (ky) (subakuten)
• Macedonian: субакутен (subakuten)
• Russian: подострый (ru) (podostryj)
• Vietnamese: bán phụ

Noun

subacute (plural subacutes)

1. (medicine, dated) A patient whose condition is less than acute.

Italian

Adjective

subacute

1. feminine plural of subacuto