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  • 51Acute alcohol intoxication — can result from a high level of alcohol in the bloodstream leading to drunkenness. The term acute alcohol intoxication is used by healthcare providers, often in emergencies. Toxicologists also speak of alcohol intoxication to discriminate from… …

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  • 52Acute otitis media — is inflammation of the middle ear. Acute otitis media typically causes fluid in the middle ear accompanied by signs or symptoms of ear infection: a bulging eardrum usually accompanied by pain; or a perforated eardrum, often with drainage of… …

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  • 53Acute motor axonal neuropathy — (AMAN) is a variant of Guillain Barre Syndrome. It is characterized by acute paralysis, loss of reflexes without sensory loss. Pathologically, one can observe motor axonal degeneration with antibody mediated attacks of motor nerve and nodes of… …

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  • 54acute disseminated encephalomyelitis — n an acute disease of the brain and spinal cord with variable symptoms that is thought to be an allergic or immune response following infectious disease or vaccination * * * an acute or subacute encephalomyelitis or myelitis characterized by… …

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  • 55Acute HIV infection — or primary HIV infection is the first stage of HIV infection. It occurs before the latency stage and the potential AIDS succeeding the latency stage.ymptomsDuring this period (usually 2 4 weeks post exposure) most individuals (80 to 90%) develop… …

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  • 56Acute Recordings — is a United States record label for trance, house and techno started by New York City DJ and producer Jason Jollins.Acute Recordings has released many singles from artists such as Jason Jollins, Oliver Moldan, John Wayyne, Slok, Deep Mariano, DJ… …

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  • 57acute care — adj providing or concerned with short term medical care esp. for serious acute disease or trauma <acute care hospitals> <an acute care nursing unit> compare chronic care, INTENSIVE CARE acute care n …

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  • 58Acute care — is necessary treatment of a disease for only a short period of time in which a patient is treated for a brief but severe episode of illness. Many hospitals are acute care facilities with the goal of discharging the patient as soon as the patient… …

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  • 59acute lymphoblastic leukemia — n lymphocytic leukemia that is marked by an abnormal increase in the number of lymphoblasts, that is characterized by rapid onset and progression of symptoms which include fever, anemia, pallor, fatigue, appetite loss, bleeding, thrombocytopenia …

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  • 60Acute-angled — A*cute an gled ( [a^][ng] g ld), a. Having acute angles; as, an acute angled triangle, a triangle with every one of its angles less than a right angle. [1913 Webster] …

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