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ACUTE [3 records]

Record 1 2010-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
DEF

(of a disease or disease symptoms) beginning abruptly with marked intensity or sharpness, then subsiding after a relatively short period of time.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
DEF

Qui survient brusquement et évolue vite, en parlant d'une maladie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Procedimientos diagnósticos (Medicina)
OBS

Arremetida repentina, con un curso relativamente grave; lo contrario de persistente, crónico.

PHR

Acceso agudo de tos.

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Record 2 2001-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
  • Botany
OBS

... distinctly and sharply pointed, but not drawn out ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
  • Botanique
OBS

à sommet se rétrécissant insensiblement en pointe [...]

OBS

Qui se termine en pointe.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Paleontología
  • Botánica
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Record 3 1998-05-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Education

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Pédagogie
Key term(s)
  • Association des professeurs d'anglais des universités canadiennes

Spanish

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