subacute /sub-ə-kūtˈ/

1. Slightly or moderately acute
2. (of a disease) not acute but progressing more rapidly than chronic (medicine)

• ratafia
• ratafias
• ratan
• ratans
• rataplan
• rataplans
• rat-arsed
• ratas
• rat-a-tat
• ratatouille
• ratatouilles
• ratbag
• ratbags
• ratbite fever
• ratbite fevers
• rat-catcher
• rat-catchers
• rat-catching
• ratch
• pitifully
• pitifulness
• pitifulnesses
• pitiless
• pitilessly
• pitilessness