The integration of acute care with preventive and primary care completes a health-care system paradigm that fully encompasses all essential aspects of health care delivery. The predominant conceptual framework divides health problems into communicable diseases, noncommunicable diseases and injuries.
tense - in or of a state of physical or nervous tension. adjective (Informal) tense, wired (slang), anxious, neurotic, uneasy, prickly, edgy, on the defensive, on edge, nervy (Brit. informal) Penny never got uptight about exams. adjective.
Definition of up for Students. 1 : in or to a high or higher place or position She put her hand up. 2 : in or into a vertical position Stand up. 3 : from beneath a surface (as ground or water) Come up for air. 4 : with greater force or to a greater level Speak up. Turn the heat up.