- acute arthritis
- arthritis marked by pain, heat, redness, and swelling, due to inflammation, infection, or trauma.
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acute arthritis
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acute — a|cute [əˈkju:t] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(problem)¦ 2¦(feeling)¦ 3¦(illness)¦ 4¦(senses)¦ 5¦(intelligent)¦ 6¦(mathematics)¦ 7¦(punctuation)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of acuere to sharpen , from acus needle … Dictionary of contemporary English
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acute — [[t]əkju͟ːt[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED You can use acute to indicate that an undesirable situation or feeling is very severe or intense. The war has aggravated an acute economic crisis... The report has caused acute embarrassment to the government... The … English dictionary
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