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intensive care unit

DEFINITIONS OF: intensive care unit

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n a hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care

Synonyms:
ICU
Types:
coronary care unit
a hospital unit specially staffed and equipped to treat patients with serious cardiac problems
NICU, neonatal intensive care unit
an intensive care unit designed with special equipment to care for premature or seriously ill newborn
Type of:
social unit, unit
an organization regarded as part of a larger social group
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