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.
âº PROPERTY a house or apartment for sale that is in bad condition and needs work: It's a fixer-upper - the roof leaks and the windows need replacing. (Definition of âfixer-upperâ from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary Â© Cambridge University Press)