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Monday, May 14, 2007

"ACUTE"


ACUTE
(Adjective)
Meaning:
  • sharp, shrewed,extremely sharp or intense
  • Keenly perceptive or discerning
  • Geometry : of an angle; less than 90 degrees; Having an acute angle: an acute triangle.
  • Medicine: Having a rapid onset and following a short but severe course: acute disease. (Use this word only in figurative sense.... see image A Sharp Pain can be Called "Acute Pain" but a Sharp Knife can not")

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