Collocation (medical): Choose the adjective that correctly completes the phrase “Rama was so badly injured that he needed ______ care in the hospital.” Select the standard medical collocation.

Given data

• Phrase: (hospital) ______ care for severely injured patients.

Concept/ApproachThe fixed medical term is intensive care (as in “ICU: Intensive Care Unit”).

Option analysisintensive — correct collocation: “intensive care.”extensive — means wide-ranging; not the set phrase.little — wrong degree; ungrammatical here.deep — not used with “care.”

Final Answerintensive