intensive care unit

Noun

Meaning

a hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

intensive-care unit

Synonyms

ICU emergency life support er emergency room ITU CCU intensive care emergency clinic critical care hospital room critical care facility critical care unit triage room health care facility

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Antonyms

nursery maternity ward neonatal intensive care unit antenatal clinic maternity unit postnatal ward

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Hypernyms

unit social unit

Hyponyms

NICU neonatal intensive care unit coronary care unit

Examples

I went to NYU undergraduate, then for a Master's in English, and got a summer job at St. Vincent's. I was a ward clerk handling everything in an intensive care unit. Glen Mazzara

After undergoing three major operations and spending 139 days in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), CJ is now a thriving 16-month old. Source: Internet

Eventually, the patient was transferred to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for invasive ventilation, still unable to comprehend what was happening to him. Source: Internet

A nurse puts on her personal protective equipment (PPE) to work at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for the novel coronavirus, COVID-19 cases, in the San Filippo Neri hospital in Rome, on October 29, 2020. Source: Internet

Another boy who participated in the challenge also ended up in the Intensive Care Unit. Source: Internet

Another reality many in the Intensive Care Unit with COVID-19 have to face is the use of ventilators to assist in their breathing. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

intensive care nursery for newborns intensive care nursery for preemies intensive care nursery for premature babies intensive care unit for newborns intensive care unit of a hospital intensive care ward