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subacute

subacute adjective: longer in duration than acute but shorter in duration than chronic.

Adjective

subacute (comparative more subacute, superlative most subacute)

  1. (usually) Longer in duration than acute but shorter in duration than chronic.
  2. (often, general vocabulary) Lesser in severity than acute.
  3. Having a pointed tip, but with a broad (obtuse) or slightly rounded angle

Noun

subacute (plural subacutes)

  1. (dated) A patient whose condition is less than acute.

subacute meaning in Tamil and Vietnamese

subacute in Tamil

உடன், கீழ்க்கூர்மையான, குறுகியகால, தாழ்தீவிர, உபவுக்கிரமான

subacute in Vietnamese

less than acute
bán phụ, á cấp

Forms of subacute

Adjective
comparativemore subacute
superlativemost subacute
Noun
pluralsubacutes

Origin of subacute

From sub- + acute.

Words formed from subacute

Questions about subacute

What does subacute mean?
Subacute means longer in duration than acute but shorter in duration than chronic.
What is subacute in Tamil?
Subacute in Tamil is உடன், கீழ்க்கூர்மையான, குறுகியகால. See Subacute meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is subacute?
Subacute can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near subacute in the dictionary

  1. subacts
  2. subacular
  3. subaculear
  4. subacuminate
  5. subacuminated
  6. subacute
  7. subacute regional lymphadenitis
  8. subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
  9. subacutely
  10. subacutes
  11. subadamantine

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Adapted from Wiktionary: subacute (page history and authors); subacute (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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