Diseases

Acute Disease

Disease having a short and relatively severe course.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Disease having a short and relatively severe course.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Acute Diseases
  • Disease, Acute
  • Diseases, Acute

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Aspects Covered

8 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, epidemiology, mortality, nursing, psychology, rehabilitation, therapy.

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Indexing Annotation

IM general only; usually NIM with specific disease IM

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History Note

68

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Tree Number

  1. C23.550.291.125w

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Acute Disease. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000208. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000208
  2. Acute Disease. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acute_(medicine)
  3. Acute Disease. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q557429