acutely
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5.1
- adverb
- /əˈkjuːtli/
- Specialized
:
gravemente
- Hospitalized patients are more acutely ill, and hospitals can, and are expected to, do more for them.
- acutely ill
- acutely ill patients
- acutely unwell
OK, now albumin is an acute phase reactant, which means it responds acutely to inflammation.
- OK, now albumin is an acute phase reactant, which means it responds acutely to inflammation.
- Now, what I would like for you to do is realize that fibroids are never acutely dangerous.
- And so this can definitely be brought on by a increase in activity acutely or by an acute injury.
- You know, exercise also acutely impairs endothelial cell function and so does sleep.
- Much less about acutely up regulating serotonin 'cause if it, if it worked like that, then it would work in a day or two days or three days, right?
Examples
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At approximately the same time, he presented acutely with severe dizziness, fatigue, and weight loss.
Academic text (1995) -
The SCC can be acutely severe and painful at one time and less severe at another.
Academic text (2003) -
One reason the effects of immigration have been felt so acutely is that the pace of immigration has increased.
Academic text (1997) -
I felt then, acutely, and for the first time in years, the sorrow of my loss.
Fiction book (1998) -
Others were acutely ill, and many simply lingered, waiting for placement in a nursing home.
Fiction book (1994) -
Patients with necrotizing fasciitis often have a high fever and are acutely and severely ill.
Academic text (2010) -
Left unchecked, it will result in the child becoming acutely unwell and requiring hospital admission, sometimes paediatric intensive care.
Academic text (2012) -
The patient suddenly presented acutely with severe abdominal pain after eating.
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After running for several minutes, he felt acutely breathless and struggled to catch his breath.
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During the outbreak, many individuals became acutely ill, showing symptoms like high fever and severe cough.
Synonyms
987
2.7
Very quickly and without warning
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3.3
In a sudden way that gives no warning
Antonyms
How Sudden
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word acutely comes from the Latin acutus, meaning 'sharp'. In medicine the word acute often means 'sudden and severe', so to become acutely ill is to become suddenly and sharply sick.