distonia aguda

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A person who has the acute form of a disorder, such as schizophrenia.

Definition: An accent or tone higher than others.

Definition: An acute accent (´).

Example: The word ‘cafe’ often has an acute over the ‘e’.

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To give an acute sound to.

Example: He acutes his rising inflection too much.

Definition: To make acute; to sharpen, to whet.

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: Brief, quick, short.

Example: It was an acute event.

Definition: High or shrill.

Example: an acute accent or tone

Definition: Intense, sensitive, sharp.

Example: She had an acute sense of honour.  Eagles have very acute vision.

Definition: Urgent.

Example: His need for medical attention was acute.

Definition: With the sides meeting directly to form an acute angle (at an apex or base).

Definition: Of an angle: less than 90 degrees.

Example: The teacher pointed out the acute angle.

Definition: Of a triangle: having all three interior angles measuring less than 90 degrees.

Example: an acute triangle

Definition: Of an accent or tone: generally higher than others.

Definition: Of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset, in contrast to delayed onset; this sense does not imply severity, unlike the common usage.

Example: He dropped dead of an acute illness.

Definition: Of a short-lived condition, in contrast to a chronic condition; this sense also does not imply severity.

Example: The acute symptoms resolved promptly.

Definition: After a letter of the alphabet: having an acute accent.

Example: The last letter of ‘café’ is ‘e’ acute.

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A disabling neurological disorder in which prolonged and repetitive contractions of muscles cause jerking, twisting movements and abnormal postures of the body