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peracute, a. Now chiefly Vet. Med.|ˌpɜːrəˈkjuːt| [ad. L. peracūtus very sharp: see per-1 4 and acute.] Of diseases: Very acute or severe; attended with much inflammation.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. vii. xlix. (Bodl. MS.), Ilica passio..is icleped one of þe euels þat beþ icleped peracute..for..it sleeþ in one daye oþer tweyne. 1661Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. 438 If simply acute they [the diseases] may be judged on the fourteenth day; if peracute on the seventh. 1870S. Gee Auscult. & Percuss. 36 In per-acute oedemia of the lungs. 1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. IV. 112 It has been proposed by Thierfelder to divide all cases into three groups; peracute, subacute and protracted. 1963Daily Tel. 3 Dec. 23/1 A highland steer which went down with peracute pneumonia early yesterday recovered sufficiently to win a first prize in its class later in the morning. 1970W. H. Parker Health & Dis. in Farm Animals ix. 102 The word subacute is used to describe a condition between acute and chronic while a disease which kills very quickly..is called peracute. |