subacute
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- adjective
- /ˌsʌbəˈkjut/
- Specialized
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- In the majority of patients, the disease has tended to run a subacute course, with the offending organism being Streptococcus viridans.
- subacute care
- subacute stroke
- subacute rehabilitation
Examples
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There are two basic categories of subacute care provided in the nursing home: medical and rehabilitative.
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Clinical diagnosis was subacute meningitis, and the patient was discharged on day 16.
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Perhaps certain patient care units, such as the subacute unit, do not fit a hospital's acute care mission.
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Nursing facilities have also moved to get into other forms of specialty care, in addition to subacute care.
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Nursing homes are developing more skilled subacute care and also branching out into home care and assisted living services.
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However, unlike Alzheimer's care and specialized rehabilitation, subacute care is not organized into specialty designed units.
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Nursing homes are expanding to provide rehabilitative services, subacute care, various therapies, and pharmacological services.
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All trial occupational therapists received a 16-hour lecture in the use of an occupation-based approach for patients with subacute stroke.
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The study was conducted in the Kaifukuki (convalescent) rehabilitation wards of 10 subacute rehabilitation units in Japan.
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The doctor explained that her condition was classified as subacute, meaning it was less severe than acute but not chronic.
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A rare brain infection after measles that slowly damages thinking and movement
- Specialized
A rare slow brain disease after measles in childhood that gets worse and often kills
- Specialized
A rare long-term brain infection caused by the measles virus that gets worse and often kills children and teenagers
- Specialized
An infection of the inner lining of the heart and its valves caused by bacteria that develops slowly
How Severe
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Subacute starts with sub- meaning 'under' or 'less', like in submarine, and uses acute meaning 'sharp' or 'severe', as in 'acute pain'. So, subacute describes an illness that is less severe than an acute one and has milder signs that last a few weeks.