subacute

== English == === Etymology === From sub- + acute. === Adjective === subacute (comparative more subacute, superlative most subacute) (medicine) Less than acute. (medicine, usually) Longer in duration than acute but shorter in duration than chronic. (general vocabulary, often) Lesser in severity than acute. (biology) Having a pointed tip, but with a broad (obtuse) or slightly rounded angle ==== Coordinate terms ==== (medicine, duration, in chronological order): acute, postacute (often overlapping), chronic, long-term (sometimes overlapping, always adjacent) (degree of sharpness): blunt, dull ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === subacute (plural subacutes) (medicine, dated) A patient whose condition is less than acute. == Italian == === Adjective === subacute feminine plural of subacuto