The phrase "acute apprehension" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a strong or intense feeling of anxiety or fear about something.
Example: "As the deadline approached, she felt an acute apprehension about her performance in the upcoming presentation."
Alternatives: "intense anxiety" or "sharp fear".
Vasavi notes that farmers grappling with debt face intense apprehension.
Apprehension about acute and long-term heavy ion radiation exposure risks to CNS is primarily due to lack of in vivo data in humans and animal models.
The apprehension is most acute in the department of human development, where at least 10 of the 16 Binghamton men's basketball players are studying, according to the report released Feb. 11.
This apprehension is especially acute regarding those lucrative industries, such as mining, that have drastic environmental impacts that impose high ecological liabilities and whose post-disturbance landscapes have so few parallels in the natural realm (Foster et al. 1998).
These apprehensions are especially acute for Ph.D. scientists in academic careers, because the delay in childbearing to pursue graduate studies results in the pre-tenure years, when faculty members must amass an impressive body of research, coinciding with women's peak fertility years (Williams and Ceci, 2012).
Instead of the default status of full code, or a code decision made in haste, without adequate knowledge, during an acute hospitalization filled with fear, anxiety, and apprehension, I imagine the code conversation happening between Beatrice, her family and her primary care physician at one or multiple office visits, with Beatrice's wishes properly documented and made known.
This is why oral procedures are perceived as being so stressful that they can cause acute symptoms of anxiety, such as excessive apprehension, irritability, tension due to anticipated harm, and can lead to avoidance of dental treatment [ 34, 35].
Consequently, even those students who are generally anxious to express their ideas in front of their classmates (i.e., those affected by trait-like or generalised context communication apprehension) hardly run the risk of encountering acute feelings of situational uncertainty if they choose to strictly avoid situations in which they have to speak (e.g. MacIntyre 2007).
The question often seems insensitive in the acute setting of a hospital admission clouded with fear, anxiety and apprehension.
But the phenomenon probably reveals less about a crisis in illegal immigration (which, judging from the number of apprehensions, is down since 2000) than about an acute, frustrated patriotism.
