subacute

From sub- + acute.

subacute (comparative more subacute, superlative most subacute)

1. (medicine) Less than acute.
   1. (medicine, usually) Longer in duration than acute but shorter in duration than chronic.
   2. (general vocabulary, often) Lesser in severity than acute.
2. (biology) Having a pointed tip, but with a broad (obtuse) or slightly rounded angle

• (medicine, duration, in chronological order): acute, postacute (often overlapping), chronic, long-term (sometimes overlapping, always adjacent)
• (degree of sharpness): blunt, dull

subacute (plural subacutes)

1. (medicine, dated) A patient whose condition is less than acute.

subacute

1. feminine plural of subacuto