intensive care
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noun
the use of specialized equipment and personnel for continuous monitoring and care of the critically ill.
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Nearby words
- intensional,
- intensional object,
- intensitometer,
- intensity,
- intensive,
- intensive care unit,
- intensively,
- intent,
- intention,
- intention movement
Origin of intensive care
First recorded in 1960–65
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Two intensive-care nurses were due to be on holiday and canceled it.
intensive care
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intensive care
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n.
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