Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Somewhat or moderately acute.
  • adjective Between acute and chronic.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Noting a condition just below that of acuteness, in any sense.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Moderalely acute.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective medicine Less than acute
  • adjective biology Having a pointed tip, but with a broad or slightly rounded angle.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective less than acute; relating to a disease present in a person with no symptoms of it

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Examples

  • Retinal hemorraghages in subacute carbon monoxide poisoning.

    Carbon Monoxide 2010

  • The article now has a reference that purports to doubt the cause-effect relationship between the drug cloquinol and the disease known as subacute myelo-optic neuropathy.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • The article now has a reference that purports to doubt the cause-effect relationship between the drug cloquinol and the disease known as subacute myelo-optic neuropathy.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • The article now has a reference that purports to doubt the cause-effect relationship between the drug cloquinol and the disease known as subacute myelo-optic neuropathy.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • The article now has a reference that purports to doubt the cause-effect relationship between the drug cloquinol and the disease known as subacute myelo-optic neuropathy.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • The article now has a reference that purports to doubt the cause-effect relationship between the drug cloquinol and the disease known as subacute myelo-optic neuropathy.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • The article now has a reference that purports to doubt the cause-effect relationship between the drug cloquinol and the disease known as subacute myelo-optic neuropathy.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • The article now has a reference that purports to doubt the cause-effect relationship between the drug cloquinol and the disease known as subacute myelo-optic neuropathy.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • The article now has a reference that purports to doubt the cause-effect relationship between the drug cloquinol and the disease known as subacute myelo-optic neuropathy.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • The article now has a reference that purports to doubt the cause-effect relationship between the drug cloquinol and the disease known as subacute myelo-optic neuropathy.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

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