Acute Effect

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-000431",
  "term": "Acute Effect",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. An adverse effect on any living organism in which severe symptoms develop rapidly and often subside after the exposure stops.\n\n2. An adverse effect on any living organism which results in severe symptoms that develop rapidly; symptoms often subside after the exposure stops.\n\n3. Any toxic effect produced with a short period of time following an exposure, for example, minutes to a few days\n\n4. Occurring over a short time.\n\n5. The effect of a stimulus severe enough to rapidly induce an effect; in aquatic toxicity tests, an effect generally observed in 96 hours or less is typically considered acute. When referring to aquatic toxicology or human health, an acute effect is not always measured in terms of lethality.\n\n6. Any toxic effect produced with a short period of time following an exposure, for example, minutes to a few days [EPA 2004]\n\n7. An adverse effect on any living organism in which severe symptoms develop rapidly and often subside after the exposure stops. [EPA 2005e]\n\n8. Occurring over a short time. [ATSDR 2004]\n\n9. Diseases or responses with short and generally severe course (often due to high pollutant concentrations). [RAIS 2004, SRA 2004]",
  "subject": "General environmental",
  "references": [
    "Environmental Issues Terms & Acronyms; Pesticides Glossary; EPA 2005e",
    "Terms of Environment",
    "EPA 2004",
    "ATSDR 2004",
    "NPDES Permit Writers Manual Glossary",
    "Thesaurus of Terms Used in Microbial Risk Assessment"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/acute-effect/"
}