subacute

sub- +‎ acute

subacute (comparative more subacute, superlative most subacute)

1. (medicine) Less than acute, as:
   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