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| anguish |
to suffer or cause to suffer acute pain or distress. [1/2 definitions] |
| Asiatic cholera |
an acute, infectious, often fatal disease caused by bacteria and characterized by severe diarrhea, intestinal cramps, and dehydration; cholera. |
| cholera |
an acute, often fatal, infectious disease that is marked by vomiting, cramps, and diarrhea. |
| colic |
acute abdominal pain, esp. that in infants, caused by intestinal gas. |
| cosine |
in trigonometry, the ratio between the length of the side next to one of the acute angles in a right triangle and the length of the hypotenuse. |
| cotangent |
in trigonometry, the ratio between the side adjacent to a given acute angle in a right triangle and the opposite side. |
| diamond |
a geometric shape with four equal straight sides, two equal, opposed acute angles, and two equal, opposed obtuse angles. [1/7 definitions] |
| fovea centralis |
a small depression at the back of the retina, forming the most acute point of vision. |
| heat rash |
an acute skin condition resulting from inflammation of the sweat glands; miliaria. |
| hyperacute |
combined form of acute. |
| influenza |
an acute, contagious disease in various forms, caused by a virus in humans and in some animals and characterized by inflammation of the respiratory tract, irritation of the stomach, and fever; flu. |
| intensify |
to make stronger, more acute, or more intense. [2 definitions] |
| keen1 |
finely discerning; extremely perceptive; acute. [1/4 definitions] |
| lead poisoning |
chronic or acute poisoning caused by the ingestion, inhalation, or absorption through the skin of lead or lead salts, characterized by anemia, constipation, abdominal pain, or convulsions, and sometimes resulting in paralysis or coma. |
| mania |
a psychological disorder characterized by excitability that turns to violence in the acute stages. [1/2 definitions] |
| nerve |
acute sensitivity, as to a particular issue or subject. [1/6 definitions] |
| oblique angle |
any angle that is not a right angle; acute or obtuse angle. |
| oxy-1 |
acute; sharp; pointed. |
| percipient |
having an acute power of perception or discernment; perceptive. |
| pertussis |
an acute infectious respiratory disease particularly serious in children, marked by intense spasms of coughing and sometimes accompanied by a high-pitched sound as air in inhaled between coughs; whooping cough. |
| primary accent |
see "acute accent." [1/2 definitions] |
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