An acute exacerbation of a chronic condition. It is applied to a variety of conditions, including: liver failure, subdural hematoma, renal failure respiratory failure, and bronchitis. acute on chronic inflammation: A term sometimes used in pathology to describe a pattern of inflammation which is a mixture of chronic and acute inflammation.
There is no truth at all to the Isaac Newton theory, he wrote. Fig Newtons had been introduced in 1891 by the Kennedy Biscuit Company, one of a number of regional bakeries that merged in 1898 to form the National Biscuit Company, later known as Nabisco.
Historical Background. It is considered by some that the screw thread was invented in about 400BC by Archytas of Tarentum (428 BC - 350 BC). Archytas is sometimes called the founder of mechanics and was a contemporary of Plato. One of the first applications of the screw principle was in presses for the extraction of oils from olives and juice from grapes. The oil presses in Pomeii were worked by the screw principle. Archimedes (287 BC - 212 BC) developed the screw principle and used it to construct devices to raise water.