Acute Effect: An adverse effect on any living organism in which severe symptoms develop rapidly and often subside after the exposure stops.
Adaptation: Changes in an organism's structure or habits that help it adjust to its surroundings.
Acute effect-Effect of short duration and occurring rapidly (usually in the first 24 hours or up to 14 days) following a single dose or short exposure to a substance. (IUPAC) ...
Acute Effect: An adverse effect on any living organism which results in severe symptoms that develop rapidly; symptoms often subside after the exposure stops.
An acute effect happens within a short time after exposure. Ambient Surrounding. Ambient air usually means outdoor air (as opposed to indoor air).
Acute - Occurring over a short time, usually a few minutes or hours. An acute exposure can result in short term or long term health effects. An acute effect happens within a short time after exposure.
Acute effects result in serious injury to, or death of, the organism shortly after exposure to high concentrations of a pollutant.
It supplements the timeweighted average limit where there are recognized acute effects from a substance whose toxic effects have been reported from high short-term exposures in either humans or animals.
 See also: Compounds, Exposure, Release, Standards, Water
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