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Definition of Intensive care unit
1. Noun. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
Exact synonyms: Icu
Group relationships: Hospital
Specialized synonyms: Coronary Care Unit, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Nicu
Generic synonyms: Social Unit, Unit
Group relationships: Hospital
Specialized synonyms: Coronary Care Unit, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Nicu
Generic synonyms: Social Unit, Unit
Medical Definition of Intensive care unit
1. A hospital facility for provision of intensive nursing and medical care of critically ill patients, characterised by high quality and quantity of continuous nursing and medical supervision and by use of sophisticated monitoring and resuscitative equipment; may be organised for the care of specific patient groups, e.g., neonatal or newborn ICU, neurological ICU, pulmonary ICU. Synonym: critical care unit. (05 Mar 2000)
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