Related Words for acute

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intense
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Adjective, Adjective
incisive
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Adjective, Adjective
perceptive
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Adjective, Adjective
penetrative
/xxx
Adjective, Adjective
discriminating
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Adjective, Adjective
keen
/
Adjective, Adjective
critical
/xx
Adjective, Adjective
penetrating
/xxx
Adjective, Adjective
ague
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
sharp
/
Verb, Adjective
pointed
/x
Adjective, Adjective
subacute
/x/
Adjective, Adjective, Noun
piercing
/x
Noun, Adjective
chronic
/x
Adjective, Adjective
severe
x/
Adjective
fulminant
/xx
Adjective
debilitating
x/xxx
Adjective
intractable
x/xx
Adjective
serious
/xx
Adjective
symptomatic
xx/x
Adjective
suppurative
x/xx
Noun
recurrent
x/x
Adjective
prolonged
x/
Adjective
immediate
x/xx
Adjective
cerebral
/xx
Adjective
transient
/x
Noun
neonatal
xx/x
Adjective
exacerbation
xxx/x
Noun
profound
x/
Adjective
worsening
/xx
Verb
haemorrhagic
/x/x
Adjective
febrile
/x
Adjective
systemic
x/x
Adjective
traumatic
x/x
Adjective
ischaemic
//x
Noun
protracted
x/x
Adjective
visceral
/xx
Adjective
subclinical
x/xx
Adjective
delirium
x/xx
Noun
posttraumatic
xx/x
Adjective
extreme
x/
Adjective
mild
/
Adjective
sepsis
/x
Noun
clinical
/xx
Adjective
ischemic
x/x
Noun
delirious
x/xx
Adjective
spasmodic
x/x
Adjective
pulmonary
/xxx
Noun
short
/
Adjective
curt
/
Noun
quick
/
Adjective
little
/x
Adjective
brief
/
Adjective
instant
/x
Noun
momentary
/xxx
Adjective
telegraphic
/xxx
Noun
precipitous
x/xx
Adjective
compact
/x
Noun
rapid
/x
Adjective
abbreviated
x/xxx
Adjective
snappy
/x
Adjective
fleeting
/x
Adjective
evanescent
xx/x
Adjective
stabbing
/x
Noun
smart
/
Name
snell
/
Name
brisk
/
Adjective
cute
/
Adjective
ephemeral
x/xx
Adjective
biting
/x
Adjective
astringent
x/x
Adjective
acerbic
x/x
Adjective
clear
/
Adjective
dapper
/x
Noun
nimble
/x
Adjective
temporary
/xxx
Adjective
agile
/x
Adjective
pulsed
/
Adjective
poignant
/x
Adjective
tort
/
Noun
shrill
/
Adjective
witty
/x
Adjective
shrewd
/
Adjective
distinctive
x/x
Adjective
vigorous
/xx
Adjective
active
/x
Adjective
peaked
/
Adjective
bitter
/x
Adjective
pale
/
Adjective
stubbed
/
Verb
violent
/xx
Adjective
acrid
/x
Adjective
lash
/
Noun
truncated
/xx
Adjective
brusque
/
Adjective
quicksilver
//x
Noun
tight
/
Adjective
brute
/
Noun
bold
/
Adjective
apex
/x
Adverb
lymphoblastic
xx/x
Noun
appendicitis
xxx/x
Noun
cholecystitis
/xx/x
Noun
sinusitis
/x/x
Verb
ovate
/x
Verb
enteritis
xx/x
Verb
myocardial
xx/xx
Noun
nephritis
//x
Verb
diverticulitis
xx/x/x
Noun
pancreatitis
xx/xx
Noun, Verb
myelitis
/x/x
Noun
leukemia
x/xx
Noun
leukaemia
//xx
Noun
tonsillitis
xx/x
Noun
hemorrhagic
xx/x
Noun
porphyria
xx/x
Noun
pyelonephritis
x/x//x
Noun
pid
/
Name
gastroenteritis
xxxx/x
Noun
encephalitis
xxx/x
Verb
laryngitis
xx/x
Noun
rheumatism
/xxx
Noun
encephalomyelitis
xxx//x/x
Verb
infarction
x/x
Noun
angle
/x
Verb
itp
/
Name
abject
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
absolute
/xx
Adjective, Noun
accentuated
x/xxx
Verb
acrimonious
xx/xx
Adjective
aggravated
/xxx
Adjective
alarming
x/x
Adjective
asset
/x
Noun
bad
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
big
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
compelling
x/x
Adjective, Noun
congestive
x/x
Adjective
conspicuous
x/xx
Adjective
croup
/
Noun, Verb
crucial
/x
Adjective
cruel
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
daunting
/x
Adjective, Noun
deep
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
delicate
/xx
Adjective, Noun
desperate
/x
Adjective, Noun
difficult
/xx
Adjective, Verb
dire
/
Adjective, Noun
disease
x/
Noun, Verb
dramatic
x/x
Adjective
drastic
/x
Adjective, Noun
egregious
x/x
Adjective
enormous
x/x
Adjective
fierce
/
Adjective, Adverb
fistulae
/xx
Noun
formidable
/xxx
Adjective
glaring
/x
Adjective, Noun
gram
/
Noun
grave
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
great
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
grievous
/x
Adjective
grim
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
gross
/
Adjective, Name, Verb
harrowing
/xx
Adjective, Noun
harsh
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
heated
/x
Adjective
heavy
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
heightened
/x
Adjective
high
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
huge
/
Adjective
iatrogenic
xxx/x
Adjective
imminent
/xx
Adjective
imperative
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
important
x/x
Adjective
incapacitating
xx/xxx
Adjective
infection
x/x
Noun
insufficiency
xx/xx
Noun
intensive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
large
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
major
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
marked
/
Adjective
melancholy
/xxx
Noun, Adjective
metabolic
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
multisystem
/xxx
Adjective
noninfectious
xx/x
Adjective
obstruction
x/x
Noun
obtuse
x/
Adjective, Verb
outstanding
x/x
Adjective
painful
/x
Adjective
pressing
/x
Adjective, Noun
prominent
/xx
Adjective, Noun
pronounced
x/
Adjective
respiratory
/xxxx
Adjective
salient
/xx
Adjective, Noun
sarcoidosis
x/x/x
Noun
screeching
/x
Noun
sensitive
/xx
Adjective, Noun
septic
/x
Adjective, Noun
significant
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
spiny
/x
Noun, Adjective
stark
/
Adjective, Name, Adverb, Verb
steep
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
stern
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
stress
/
Noun, Verb
strong
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
sudden
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
syphilis
/xx
Noun
tapered
/x
Adjective
tense
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
the
x
Adverb, Noun
thorny
/x
Adjective
topical
/xx
Adjective, Noun
tough
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
treble
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
urgent
/x
Adjective
vascular
/xx
Adjective
viral
/x
Adjective, Noun
worrying
/xx
Adjective, Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
sorta
/x
Adverb
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
anymore
xx/
Adverb
literally
/xxx
Adverb
tell
/
Verb, Noun
expression
x/x
Noun
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb