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ICU

American  

abbreviation

  1. intensive care unit.


ICU British  

abbreviation

  1. intensive care unit

  2. text messaging I see you

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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She has had two more subsequent ICU stays, and deals with ongoing asthma and allergies.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

By now Riley's condition had become so bad, he was transferred to London's King's College Hospital which has a specialist ICU init.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

ICU nurse Lily Ku said staff were learning "how to move the hospital beds down to the basement and make the transition."

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

Then, somehow, he found a way into the ICU.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

After Kevin recovered in the ICU, they discovered that he was paralyzed on the left side of his body.

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