neonatal intensive care unit

Noun

Meaning

an intensive care unit designed with special equipment to care for premature or seriously ill newborn

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

NICU

Antonyms

cemetery crematorium morgue funeral home psychiatric hospital intensive care

Hypernyms

ICU intensive care unit

Examples

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

Did you hear about the hospital medical people, for example, who stayed behind to care for 19 babies in the NICU (the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit), as Hurricane Laura pounded their community? Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

neonatal hyperbilirubinemia neonatal icterus neonatal infants neonatal jaundice neonatal kids neonatal medicine