subacuteadj.

Brit.

/ˌsʌbəˈkjuːt/, U.S.

/ˌsəbəˈkjut/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: sub- prefix, acute adj.

Etymology: < sub- prefix + acute adj., after post-classical Latin subacutus (1531 or earlier). In sense 2 after French subaigu ( J. N. Corvisart Essai sur maladies du cœur (1806) i. 8).

1. Zoology and Botany.

a. Of an angle: somewhat or moderately acute (acute adj. 3a).

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > angularity > [adjective] > constituting an angle > somewhat or relatively acute

sharp1589

subacute1752

the world > relative properties > number > geometry > angle > [adjective] > acute-angled > relatively

sharp1589

subacute1752

1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 220 The pupil is..protended on the anterior part into a subacute angle.

1876 Entomologist's Monthly Mag. May 266 Fifth longitudinal vein bent at an acute or sub-acute angle.

1945 Auk 62 404 The forehead rises steeply, forming a right angle with the line of the culmen or even a subacute angle.

2002 Crustaceana 75 719 Abdomen..Posterior four somites with ventral border forming subacute angle.

b. Of a part: somewhat acute (acute adj. 3b); somewhat pointed at the end.

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the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > shape > [adjective] > pointed, tapering, or elongated

ensiform?1541

acuminate1634

aculeated1657

lanceolated1752

sagittated1752

subacute1752

subulated1752

linear1753

subulate1757

spinous1758

lanceolate1760

sagittate1760

sublinear1761

obverse1776

lanced1787

long-acuminate1804

subuliform1804

lanceolar1810

acuminous1813

virgate1821

spiny1828

apiculate1830

ensate1830

aciculate1831

spiniform1833

fibriform1846

obcuneate1870

fusiform1887

1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 217 The lower jaw is subacute, and is protended a little beyond the other.

1829 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants 441 Sepals and petals subacute.

1872 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (new ed.) 307 Involucre..of..subacute, equal bracts.

1920 N. L. Britton & C. F. Millspaugh Bahama Flora 520 Underleaves subimbricated, orbicular, bifid about one half with obtuse or subacute divisions and sinus.

1960 Kew Bull. 14 107 In most [saxifrage] plants the leaf-lobes of rosette-leaves are best described as subacute to acute.

2001 Coleopterists Bull. 55 288 Mesometasternal process flat.., apex subacute in lateral view, broadly rounded in ventral view.

2. Medicine.

a. Of a disease, symptom, etc.: intermediate between acute and chronic; moderately rapid or severe.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > characteristics > [adjective] > other characteristics

hoteOE

redeOE

foulOE

elvishc1386

dryc1400

whitec1450

Naples1507

shaking1528

cold1569

exquisite1583

unpure1583

waterish1583

wandering1585

legitimate1615

sulphureous1625

tetrous1637

cagastrical1662

medical1676

ambulatory1684

ebullient1684

frantic1709

animated1721

progressive1736

cagastric1753

vegetative1803

left-handed1804

specific1804

subacute1811

animate1816

gregarious1822

vernal1822

ambilateral1824

subchronic1831

regressive1845

nummular1866

postoperative1872

ambulant1873

non-surgical1888

progredient1891

spodogenous1897

spodogenic19..

non-invasive1932

early-onset1951

adult-onset1957

non-specific1964

1811 Edinb. Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 7 70 From his observations, M. Corvisart has distinguished three varieties of the disease, the acute, subacute, and chronic.

1833 J. Forbes et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. II. 731/2 The fever..symptoms..are..rather of a sub-acute than highly inflammatory character.

1885 A. Christison et al. Life Sir R. Christison I. 122 Eventually he was attacked with what appeared to be sub-acute rheumatism of both knee-joints.

1938 A. Huxley Let. 12 Apr. (1969) 434 My own troubles..consisted of a subacute pneumonia.

1986 J. F. Gracey Meat Hygiene (ed. 8) xx. 467/2 Fowl typhoid is an acute, subacute or chronic infectious disease of poultry, ducks and turkeys.

2002 Jrnl. Compar. Pathol. 126 231 Rabbit hemorrhagic disease is usually peracute to acute, while subacute to chronic disease is rare.

b. Of a hospital, bed, ward, etc.: reserved for patients requiring a level of hospital care intermediate between intensive (acute) care and ordinary care. Also: (of a patient) requiring such care.

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1893 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 26 Aug. 465/1 The various subdivisions comprise a sick ward, an excited ward, a subacute ward, and a convalescent ward.

1908 4th Biennial Rep. State Board Control (Washington State) 37 There is a woman on each of the following: convalescent, acute, and two sub-acute wards.

1943 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 43 1015/1 By the end of their affiliation they may be entrusted with a ward of subacute patients while the graduate nurse goes to lunch.

1970 Independent Press-Tel. (Long Beach, Calif.) 26 Sept. b1/1 A 545-bed general hospital including intensive, acute and subacute care facilities and outpatient services.

2010 V. R. Bowden & C. S. Greenberg Children & their Families (ed. 2) xii. 457/1 These children transferred to subacute care generally do not require the medical intensity of acute care, but are still not well enough to go home.

3. gen. Somewhat or moderately acute.

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the mind > emotion > passion > [adjective] > somewhat strong

subacute1861

1861 Sat. Rev. 27 July 90 When a civil servant's mind has reached the stage of subacute discontent.

1896 ‘Iota’ Quaker Grandmother 139 The sub-acute passion of Harry Tryng blazed out in a few broken sentences.

1940 Times 31 May 2/7 The accounts before you cover a period of eight months of sub-acute or acute international crisis.

2001 J. C. Whitehouse tr. G. Bernanos Under Satan's Sun 113 His heart was filled with a subacute, dull terror.

4. Chiefly Pharmacology. Of an experimental study: having a relatively short duration (typically less than one month). Also: of, relating to, or observed in such a trial. Cf. subchronic adj. 2.

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1944 Jrnl. Pharmacol. & Exper. Therapeutics 82 154 Since the effects of short term exposure in several species were desired, a number of subacute experiments were carried out. These experiments included subacute feeding to rats.

1950 Lancet 24 June 1139/2 Further studies of the acute and subacute toxicity of antibiotics were made in dogs.

1980 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 22 Nov. 1398/2 Subacute studies require the regular administration of the drug (by the same route as it is intended to use the product in man) in two or three animal species.

2011 Environmental Pollution 159 467/2 Based on results from the acute study, subacute experiments were conducted in male lizards.

Compounds

subacute bacterial endocarditis n. Medicine a slowly developing form of endocarditis typically occurring in persons with pre-existing heart disease and caused by streptococci.

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1911 E. Libman in Proc. Meetings N.Y. Pathol. Soc. 11 118 The term ‘subacute bacterial endocarditis’ I have adopted instead of the older terms... I call all cases of endocarditis which are proven due to bacteria..‘bacterial endocarditis’.

1956 J. Barth Floating Opera i. 5 I used to have..a kind of subacute bacteriological endocarditis..with a special complication.

2004 N.Y. Times 22 June f5/1 He did indeed die of the disease he had diagnosed in himself, subacute bacterial endocarditis, an infection..that was uniformly fatal before the advent of antibiotics.

subacute sclerosing panencephalitis n. Medicine a rare, usually fatal disorder caused by persistent measles virus infection, typically occurring in children or adolescents within 3 to 10 years after the initial measles infection and characterized by inflammation and degeneration of both grey and white matter of the brain, resulting in behavioural and neurological symptoms; abbreviated SSPE.

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1950 J. G. Greenfield in Brain 73 150 The name subacute sclerosing encephalitis therefore appears fully justified. Dr. van Bogaert's term ‘leuco-encephalitis’ emphasizes the characteristic damage to the white matter, but leaves out of account the cortical changes which are also important. Perhaps the term ‘Panencephalitis’ already adopted by Pette (1942) for forms which attack both grey and white matter could be usefully employed here, i.e. ‘Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis’.

1967 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 5 Aug. 352/2 Measles complement-fixing and haemagglutination-inhibiting antibodies have been found in the serum of 22 patients with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis in significantly higher titre.

2001 Guardian 26 July ii. 15/5 Children under the age of one are much more at risk from a complication of measles called sub-acute sclerosing panencephalitis.

Derivatives

ˌsubaˈcutely adv. in a subacute form or manner.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > characteristics > [adverb] > mildly

mildly1803

subacutely1819

1819 J. Armstrong Pract. Illustr. Typhus Fever (ed. 3) 391 Many cases have been presented to me, in which the mucous membrane of the trachea or that of the bronchia was acutely or sub-acutely inflamed.

1852 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Crustacea Pt. II ii. 1194 Cephalothorax subacutely rostrate.

1936 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 63 151 Buds subacutely ovoid, brown.

2004 G. J. Treisman & A. F. Angelino Psychiatry AIDS 54 Delirium is the result of a diffuse brain dysfunction that occurs acutely or sub-acutely.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	subacute
释义	subacuteadj. Brit. /ˌsʌbəˈkjuːt/, U.S. /ˌsəbəˈkjut/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: sub- prefix, acute adj. Etymology: < sub- prefix + acute adj., after post-classical Latin subacutus (1531 or earlier). In sense 2 after French subaigu ( J. N. Corvisart Essai sur maladies du cœur (1806) i. 8). 1. Zoology and Botany. a. Of an angle: somewhat or moderately acute (acute adj. 3a). ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > angularity > [adjective] > constituting an angle > somewhat or relatively acute sharp1589 subacute1752 the world > relative properties > number > geometry > angle > [adjective] > acute-angled > relatively sharp1589 subacute1752 1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 220 The pupil is..protended on the anterior part into a subacute angle. 1876 Entomologist's Monthly Mag. May 266 Fifth longitudinal vein bent at an acute or sub-acute angle. 1945 Auk 62 404 The forehead rises steeply, forming a right angle with the line of the culmen or even a subacute angle. 2002 Crustaceana 75 719 Abdomen..Posterior four somites with ventral border forming subacute angle. b. Of a part: somewhat acute (acute adj. 3b); somewhat pointed at the end. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > shape > [adjective] > pointed, tapering, or elongated ensiform?1541 acuminate1634 aculeated1657 lanceolated1752 sagittated1752 subacute1752 subulated1752 linear1753 subulate1757 spinous1758 lanceolate1760 sagittate1760 sublinear1761 obverse1776 lanced1787 long-acuminate1804 subuliform1804 lanceolar1810 acuminous1813 virgate1821 spiny1828 apiculate1830 ensate1830 aciculate1831 spiniform1833 fibriform1846 obcuneate1870 fusiform1887 1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 217 The lower jaw is subacute, and is protended a little beyond the other. 1829 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants 441 Sepals and petals subacute. 1872 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (new ed.) 307 Involucre..of..subacute, equal bracts. 1920 N. L. Britton & C. F. Millspaugh Bahama Flora 520 Underleaves subimbricated, orbicular, bifid about one half with obtuse or subacute divisions and sinus. 1960 Kew Bull. 14 107 In most [saxifrage] plants the leaf-lobes of rosette-leaves are best described as subacute to acute. 2001 Coleopterists Bull. 55 288 Mesometasternal process flat.., apex subacute in lateral view, broadly rounded in ventral view. 2. Medicine. a. Of a disease, symptom, etc.: intermediate between acute and chronic; moderately rapid or severe. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > characteristics > [adjective] > other characteristics hoteOE redeOE foulOE elvishc1386 dryc1400 whitec1450 Naples1507 shaking1528 cold1569 exquisite1583 unpure1583 waterish1583 wandering1585 legitimate1615 sulphureous1625 tetrous1637 cagastrical1662 medical1676 ambulatory1684 ebullient1684 frantic1709 animated1721 progressive1736 cagastric1753 vegetative1803 left-handed1804 specific1804 subacute1811 animate1816 gregarious1822 vernal1822 ambilateral1824 subchronic1831 regressive1845 nummular1866 postoperative1872 ambulant1873 non-surgical1888 progredient1891 spodogenous1897 spodogenic19.. non-invasive1932 early-onset1951 adult-onset1957 non-specific1964 1811 Edinb. Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 7 70 From his observations, M. Corvisart has distinguished three varieties of the disease, the acute, subacute, and chronic. 1833 J. Forbes et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. II. 731/2 The fever..symptoms..are..rather of a sub-acute than highly inflammatory character. 1885 A. Christison et al. Life Sir R. Christison I. 122 Eventually he was attacked with what appeared to be sub-acute rheumatism of both knee-joints. 1938 A. Huxley Let. 12 Apr. (1969) 434 My own troubles..consisted of a subacute pneumonia. 1986 J. F. Gracey Meat Hygiene (ed. 8) xx. 467/2 Fowl typhoid is an acute, subacute or chronic infectious disease of poultry, ducks and turkeys. 2002 Jrnl. Compar. Pathol. 126 231 Rabbit hemorrhagic disease is usually peracute to acute, while subacute to chronic disease is rare. b. Of a hospital, bed, ward, etc.: reserved for patients requiring a level of hospital care intermediate between intensive (acute) care and ordinary care. Also: (of a patient) requiring such care. ΚΠ 1893 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 26 Aug. 465/1 The various subdivisions comprise a sick ward, an excited ward, a subacute ward, and a convalescent ward. 1908 4th Biennial Rep. State Board Control (Washington State) 37 There is a woman on each of the following: convalescent, acute, and two sub-acute wards. 1943 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 43 1015/1 By the end of their affiliation they may be entrusted with a ward of subacute patients while the graduate nurse goes to lunch. 1970 Independent Press-Tel. (Long Beach, Calif.) 26 Sept. b1/1 A 545-bed general hospital including intensive, acute and subacute care facilities and outpatient services. 2010 V. R. Bowden & C. S. Greenberg Children & their Families (ed. 2) xii. 457/1 These children transferred to subacute care generally do not require the medical intensity of acute care, but are still not well enough to go home. 3. gen. Somewhat or moderately acute. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > passion > [adjective] > somewhat strong subacute1861 1861 Sat. Rev. 27 July 90 When a civil servant's mind has reached the stage of subacute discontent. 1896 ‘Iota’ Quaker Grandmother 139 The sub-acute passion of Harry Tryng blazed out in a few broken sentences. 1940 Times 31 May 2/7 The accounts before you cover a period of eight months of sub-acute or acute international crisis. 2001 J. C. Whitehouse tr. G. Bernanos Under Satan's Sun 113 His heart was filled with a subacute, dull terror. 4. Chiefly Pharmacology. Of an experimental study: having a relatively short duration (typically less than one month). Also: of, relating to, or observed in such a trial. Cf. subchronic adj. 2. ΚΠ 1944 Jrnl. Pharmacol. & Exper. Therapeutics 82 154 Since the effects of short term exposure in several species were desired, a number of subacute experiments were carried out. These experiments included subacute feeding to rats. 1950 Lancet 24 June 1139/2 Further studies of the acute and subacute toxicity of antibiotics were made in dogs. 1980 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 22 Nov. 1398/2 Subacute studies require the regular administration of the drug (by the same route as it is intended to use the product in man) in two or three animal species. 2011 Environmental Pollution 159 467/2 Based on results from the acute study, subacute experiments were conducted in male lizards. Compounds subacute bacterial endocarditis n. Medicine a slowly developing form of endocarditis typically occurring in persons with pre-existing heart disease and caused by streptococci. ΚΠ 1911 E. Libman in Proc. Meetings N.Y. Pathol. Soc. 11 118 The term ‘subacute bacterial endocarditis’ I have adopted instead of the older terms... I call all cases of endocarditis which are proven due to bacteria..‘bacterial endocarditis’. 1956 J. Barth Floating Opera i. 5 I used to have..a kind of subacute bacteriological endocarditis..with a special complication. 2004 N.Y. Times 22 June f5/1 He did indeed die of the disease he had diagnosed in himself, subacute bacterial endocarditis, an infection..that was uniformly fatal before the advent of antibiotics. subacute sclerosing panencephalitis n. Medicine a rare, usually fatal disorder caused by persistent measles virus infection, typically occurring in children or adolescents within 3 to 10 years after the initial measles infection and characterized by inflammation and degeneration of both grey and white matter of the brain, resulting in behavioural and neurological symptoms; abbreviated SSPE. ΚΠ 1950 J. G. Greenfield in Brain 73 150 The name subacute sclerosing encephalitis therefore appears fully justified. Dr. van Bogaert's term ‘leuco-encephalitis’ emphasizes the characteristic damage to the white matter, but leaves out of account the cortical changes which are also important. Perhaps the term ‘Panencephalitis’ already adopted by Pette (1942) for forms which attack both grey and white matter could be usefully employed here, i.e. ‘Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis’. 1967 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 5 Aug. 352/2 Measles complement-fixing and haemagglutination-inhibiting antibodies have been found in the serum of 22 patients with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis in significantly higher titre. 2001 Guardian 26 July ii. 15/5 Children under the age of one are much more at risk from a complication of measles called sub-acute sclerosing panencephalitis. Derivatives ˌsubaˈcutely adv. in a subacute form or manner. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > characteristics > [adverb] > mildly mildly1803 subacutely1819 1819 J. Armstrong Pract. Illustr. Typhus Fever (ed. 3) 391 Many cases have been presented to me, in which the mucous membrane of the trachea or that of the bronchia was acutely or sub-acutely inflamed. 1852 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Crustacea Pt. II ii. 1194 Cephalothorax subacutely rostrate. 1936 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 63 151 Buds subacutely ovoid, brown. 2004 G. J. Treisman & A. F. Angelino Psychiatry AIDS 54 Delirium is the result of a diffuse brain dysfunction that occurs acutely or sub-acutely. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1752
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