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acute

[uh-kyoot] / əˈkjut /






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Treatment did not begin until three days after the stroke, far beyond the narrow window used for clot-busting drugs and other acute stroke treatments.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

Flea-borne typhus is an acute febrile bacterial infection caused by Rickettsia Typhi bacteria, which is spread by infected fleas often found on pets and wildlife.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

The problem has only become more acute as gold prices have soared to all-time highs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

Not because the town suffered from an acute shortage of organic kale, exactly.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

Will, too, felt the pain where his dæmon had been, a scalded place of acute tenderness that every breath tore at with cold hooks.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman




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