intensive care

American  

noun

1. the use of specialized equipment and personnel for continuous monitoring and care of the critically ill.

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intensive care British  

noun

1. extensive and continuous care and treatment provided for an acutely ill patient, usually in a specially designated section ( intensive care unit ) of a hospital

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Etymology

Origin of intensive care

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

According to the family, Kyle was moved into intensive care earlier this month after developing an infection.

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After two days, her condition had worsened and her friends rushed her to A&E at Queen Elizabeth's Hospital in Bridgetown - where she was later admitted into intensive care.

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William, who works in intensive care medicine, said he also sees his father's transplant legacy in his own patients.

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But it is in fact an email a 40-year-old Dr Matt Morgan wrote to his wife, scared he would not survive the coronavirus pandemic on the intensive care ward at Cardiff's University Hospital of Wales.

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Over the next month some hospitals do come under severe pressure with intensive care units spilling into corridors and side rooms.

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