acute-care

[ uh-kyoot-kair ]

/ əˈkyutˈkɛər /

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adjective (of a hospital)

providing emergency services and general medical and surgical treatment for acute disorders rather than long-term residential care for chronic illness.

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Origin of acute-care

First recorded in 1975–80

Words nearby acute-care

acutance, acute, acute accent, acute angle, acute arch, acute-care, acute disease, acute dose, acutely, acute necrotizing gingivitis, acuteness

How to use acute-care in a sentence

Placed in drinking water, fluoride can serve people who otherwise have poor access to dental care.
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He has wild swings between trying not to care about Lana and the baby, and being completely obsessed by it.
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Who among Scalise's constituents could possibly care if he supported naming a post office for a black judge who died in 1988?
The Price of Steve Scalise’s Silence|Jason Berry|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Haringey Council told The Daily Beast that the children had not been taken permanently into state care.
Britain May Spy on Preschoolers Searching for Potential Jihadis|Nico Hines|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST

In these regions, men are now doing between 30 and 45 percent of the care work.
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I do not care very much how you censor or select the reading and talking and thinking of the schoolboy or schoolgirl.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
And this summer it seemed to her that she never would be able to take proper care of her nestful of children.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole|Arthur Scott Bailey
Polavieja, as everybody knew, was the chosen executive of the friars, whose only care was to secure their own position.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
On this account, great care should be taken to provide well-drained positions.
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You never cared—you were too proud to care; and when I spoke to you about my fault, you did n't even know what I meant.
Confidence|Henry James