peracute, a. Now chiefly Vet. Med.
(ˌpɜːrəˈkjuːt)
[ad. L. peracūtus very sharp: see per-1 4 and acute.]
Of diseases: Very acute or severe; attended with much inflammation.
| 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. vii. xlix. (Bodl. MS.), Ilica passio..is icleped one of þe euels þat beþ icleped peracute..for..it sleeþ in one daye oþer tweyne. 1661 Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. 438 If simply acute they [the diseases] may be judged on the fourteenth day; if peracute on the seventh. 1870 S. Gee Auscult. & Percuss. 36 In per-acute oedemia of the lungs. 1897 Allbutt's Syst. Med. IV. 112 It has been proposed by Thierfelder to divide all cases into three groups; peracute, subacute and protracted. 1963 Daily Tel. 3 Dec. 23/1 A highland steer which went down with peracute pneumonia early yesterday recovered sufficiently to win a first prize in its class later in the morning. 1970 W. H. Parker Health & Dis. in Farm Animals ix. 102 The word subacute is used to describe a condition between acute and chronic while a disease which kills very quickly..is called peracute. |