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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having a sharp end or point |
| Synonyms: | acicular, aciculate, acuminate, acuminous, cuspate, cuspidate, knifelike, needle-shaped, peaked, piked, pointed, sharpened, spiked |
| Notes: | acute is used for a sudden onset and short duration; chronic is for conditions that are slow to develop and of long duration acute is an angle of less than 90 degrees; obtuse is one of more than 90 degrees chronic is contrasted with acute as chronic pain persists over a longer period of time than acute pain and is resistant to most medical treatments |
| Antonyms: | blunt, dull |
| Main Entry: | aciculate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pointed |
| Synonyms: | acerate, acerose, acicular, aciculated, acuminate, acute, cuspated, cuspidated, mucronate, needle-shaped, pointy, sharp |
| Main Entry: | aciculated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pointed |
| Synonyms: | acerate, acerose, acicular, aciculate, acuminate, acute, cuspated, cuspidated, mucronate, needle-shaped, pointy, sharp |
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