less than acute; relating to a disease present in a person with no symptoms of it
May follow a period of acute rehabilitation; not necessarily hospital based; typical length of rehabilitation stay 6-24 months (short to intermediate term); stay based on demonstrated improvement; identifiable team and program with specialized unit.
between acute and chronic in the presentation of disease symptoms or characteristics.
A zone between acute and chronic, denoting the course of a disease.
Rather recent onset or somewhat rapid change. The term "subacute" is used in contrast to acute which indicates very sudden onset or rapid change and chronic which indicates indefinite duration or virtually no change. A chronic condition is one lasting 3 months or more, by the definition of the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics. In ancient Greece, the "father of medicine" Hippocrates distinguished diseases that were acute (abrupt, sharp and brief) from those that were chronic. This is still a very useful distinction. Subacute has been coined to designate the mid-ground between acute and chronic.
a state between acute and chronic when symptoms have lessened in severity or duration.
Having the potential to become acute; likely to become acute.
Intermediate between acute and chronic, not quite being one or the other.
An intermediate stage in the progress of an injury or disease that is between acute and chronic, closer in nature to the acute stage than the chronic.
The prefix "sub" means under, below, near or less than complete; "acute" means sharp, severe; having a sudden onset, sharp rise and short course. Thus, a subacute condition is one which has not reached, or has already passed through, the acute phase. [Click Here To Return To List