Select the word that means “sudden; intense.”
The nurse observed that the patient’s chronic, painful spasms became more acute after long periods of rest.

Acute means sudden; intense. The nurse observed that the patient’s back pain became more intense after long periods of rest.
Chronic means persisting for a long time and constantly recurring. In this example, the patient has had this back pain for a long time and it keeps coming back.Painful means aching, hurting.A spasm is a sudden, involuntary muscle contraction or convulsive (intense shaking) movement.