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acuity, acumen, acute
acuity (uh KYOO uh tee) (noun)
Related to "acute", with its sense of sharpness, acuity is used with reference to any human faculty and applied to any of the five senses as well as of the mind: Senator Mathews is thought to be a man of great political acuity.
There is no doubt that tiredness affects visual acuity.
acumen (uh KYOO muhn) (noun)
1. Mental sharpness, intelligence, sagacity: Susan Bretson is a woman who has considerable business and financial acumen.
2. Quickness in understanding and dealing with a situation; keen insight: The student contestant had the acumen to figure out which version of the homograph to spell correctly.
2. Quickness in understanding and dealing with a situation; keen insight: The student contestant had the acumen to figure out which version of the homograph to spell correctly.
acute (uh KYOOT) (adjective)
1. Having a sharp point: Angles of less than 90 degrees are called acute angles.
2. Extremely severe and sharp; such as, an intense pain: Tyrone is suffering from acute appendicitis.
3. Keenly perceptive or discerning, ingenious: Einstein is said to have been a man of uncommonly acute intelligence.
2. Extremely severe and sharp; such as, an intense pain: Tyrone is suffering from acute appendicitis.
3. Keenly perceptive or discerning, ingenious: Einstein is said to have been a man of uncommonly acute intelligence.
Megan's natural acumen in science suggested that she had an acute sense of smell and good visual acuity.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group A; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc.
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acute (uh KYOOT) (adjective), more acute, most acute
1. Regarding something having a sharp point: Angles of less than 90 degrees are called acute angles.
2. Descriptive of an extremely severe and sharp pain in a person's body: Sharon had an acute headache.
4. Of great importance or consequence; crucial: The company had an acute lack of financial resources.
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2. Descriptive of an extremely severe and sharp pain in a person's body: Sharon had an acute headache.
Henry is suffering from acute appendicitis.
3. Keenly perceptive or discerning, ingenious; mentally quick, shrewd: Einstein is said to have been a man of uncommonly acute intelligence.4. Of great importance or consequence; crucial: The company had an acute lack of financial resources.
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“acute”
(Greek: sharp, acute, pointed, keen; sour, acid, acidic, pungent)
(Greek: in medicine, a painful seizure or sudden-acute pain; as, with gout)
(Greek: a meadow; a pasture; an abode; a place for eating; by extension, "distribution of an acute, necrotizing ulcerative process involving mucous membranes of the mouth or genitalia")
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Any belly condition with severe pain as a result of inflammation, perforation, obstruction, or injury of the stomach area: A medical term for the quick onset of abdominal pain, a potential medical emergency due to an acute abdomen, may reflect a major problem with one of the organs in the abdomen, such as appendicitis (inflamed appendix), cholecystitis (inflamed gallbladder), a perforated ulcer in the intestine, or a ruptured spleen, which is located on the left side of the abdomen near the stomach, filters blood, and serves as a major reservoir for blood.
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abdomin-, abdomino-, abdomen-
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An angle that is less than 90 degrees but more than 0 degrees: A right angle was talking to another angle: "Hi! You're acute angle."
The other angle responded by saying: "Thanks for the compliment!"
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angle, angu-
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acute byssinosis
A form of byssinosis occurring in those who return to work after a weekend or other time away, marked by tightness of the chest, wheezing, and cough.
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bysso-, byss- +
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acute delirium
1. Delirium of recent, rapid onset.
2. A suddenly appearing and severe delirium lasting for only a short time.
2. A suddenly appearing and severe delirium lasting for only a short time.
An occurrence during a time when circulation to a region of the heart is obstructed and necrosis (death of tissue cells) is occurring: Known as a heart attack, acute myocardial infarction is the sudden death of part of the heart muscle which is characterized, in most such conditions, by severe and unremitting chest pain.
Men are more likely to suffer acute myocardial infarctions attacks than women, smokers more than nonsmokers, and the children of those who have died of a heart attack are more likely to die from the same cause.
addisonian crisis, acute adrenocortical insufficiency, adrenocortical crisis, adrenal crisis
The syndrome which accompanies the acute onset or aggravation of Addison's
disease or other forms of adrenal insufficiency, resulting in lethargy,
fever, vascular collapse, and often death.
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“acute”
Having a sharp tip or point; very perceptive and discerning; extremely severe or sharp. (1)
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acute angle
An angle that has a measure of less than 90°.
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Measurements and Mathematics Terms
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