Translation

急性の / 激しい / 鋭い

Meaning

Acute describes an illness or pain that is severe, intense, sudden, or short-term. In medical English it often contrasts with chronic, which lasts a long time.

Examples

• 彼は急性の腹痛で病院に運ばれました。
  He was taken to the hospital with acute abdominal pain.
• その医師は急性の感染症を疑いました。
  The doctor suspected an acute infection.