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.
edgÂ·iÂ·er, edgÂ·iÂ·est. 1  Nervous or irritable: The performers were edgy as they waited for the show to begin. 2  Having a sharp or biting edge: an edgy wit. 3  Daring, provocative, or trend-setting: an exhibition of edgy photographs; an edgy menu.