---
title: Acute
date: 2024-06-27T18:06:02Z
modified: 2025-01-07T17:12:47Z
permalink: "https://elizabethyarnell.com/glossary/acute/"
type: glossary
status: publish
excerpt: ""
wpid: 8354
author: Elizabeth
---

Sudden, severe symptoms of short duration. As in acute inflammation.

As opposed to chronic symptoms, which last and last.