intensive care unit

American  

noun

1. the specialized center in a hospital where intensive care is provided. ICU

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Etymology

Origin of intensive care unit

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

Scientists have identified a genetic mechanism that could point to new ways of treating a rare but deadly fungal infection that has forced multiple hospital intensive care units to shut down.

From Science Daily

The inquest was told Ms Hunt was taken by ambulance to the Avrupa Safak Hospital in Istanbul, which has a specialist cardiac intensive care unit, where she later died.

From BBC

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

From BBC

The bus had 46 passengers, said VC Sajjanar in a news conference, adding that one man who survived the accident had been admitted to an intensive care unit in a local hospital.

From BBC

Our second child is in the neonatal intensive care unit.

From The Wall Street Journal