acute
/ uh-KYOOT /
Having a rapid onset, short course, or marked severity.
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82 matchesacute bacterial prostatitis
Inflammation of the prostate gland that begins suddenly and gets worse quickly.
Read definitionacute leukemia
Immature blood cells fill the marrow, so the illness comes from what is missing rather than from what is present.
Read definitionacute lymphoblastic leukemia
An aggressive (fast-growing) type of leukemia (blood cancer) in which too many lymphoblasts (immature white blood cells) are found in the blood and bone marrow.
Read definitionacute lymphocytic leukemia
An aggressive (fast-growing) type of leukemia (blood cancer) in which too many lymphoblasts (immature white blood cells) are found in the blood and bone marrow.
Read definitionacute myelogenous leukemia
An aggressive (fast-growing) disease in which too many myeloblasts (immature white blood cells that are not lymphoblasts) are found in the bone marrow and blood.
Read definitionacute myeloid leukemia
The damage comes less from the tumor itself than from what stops being made once the marrow fills with blasts.
Read definitionacute nonlymphocytic leukemia
An aggressive (fast-growing) disease in which too many myeloblasts (immature white blood cells that are not lymphoblasts) are found in the bone marrow and blood.
Read definitionacute pain
Pain with a clear beginning and a clear cause, which fades as the injury behind it heals.
Read definitionB-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia
An aggressive (fast-growing) type of leukemia (blood cancer) in which too many B-cell lymphoblasts (immature white blood cells) are found in the bone marrow and blood.
Read definitionB-cell acute lymphocytic leukemia
An aggressive (fast-growing) type of leukemia (blood cancer) in which too many B-cell lymphoblasts (immature white blood cells) are found in the bone marrow and blood.
Read definitionT-cell acute lymphocytic leukemia
An aggressive (fast-growing) type of leukemia (blood cancer) in which too many T-cell lymphoblasts (immature white blood cells) are found in the bone marrow and blood.
Read definitionAML
AML is a fast progressing blood cancer in which immature white blood cells accumulate in the bone marrow, crowding out normal blood cell production.
Read definitionAPL
APL is an aggressive subtype of acute myeloid leukemia marked by a specific chromosomal rearrangement and treated differently from other forms.
Read definitionappendicitis
An obstructed appendix becomes a closed space under rising pressure, which is what makes the illness progress rather than settle.
Read definitionmyocardial infarction
The formal name pins down what the everyday phrase leaves vague: a patch of heart muscle killed by blood flow that stopped.
Read definitionotitis media
Children are affected far more than adults because the tube ventilating the middle ear is shorter and lies more level.
Read definitionrespiratory failure
Respiratory failure names a measurement rather than a disease, so the same label covers a sedative overdose and end-stage lung disease alike.
Read definitiontonsillitis
White patches on inflamed tonsils are widely read as proof of a bacterial cause, though viruses produce them just as readily.
Read definition506U78
A drug used to treat certain types of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) and T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma (T-LBL).
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