Meanings
comparative more ultrasevere · superlative most ultrasevere
- Extremely severe; of utmost severity.
The ultrasevere cases should as a tule be operated upon without unnecessary delay.
1935, Annals of Surgery 1935-03: Volume 101, Issue 3, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, page 9552 more examples
While the localized pain is ultrasevere, the localized tenderness is not marked, compared to the intensity of the pain.
1925, Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania, Atlantic Medical Journal, Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania, page 559In discussing the clinical aspect of this disease, Deaver's classification has been followed (clinically), namely , (1) ultrasevere, (2) severe, and (3) subacute.
1929, Joseph Lewi Donhauser, A Surgical Diagnosis, D. Appleton, page 689
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