intensive care unit

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of intensive care unit¹

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

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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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.

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Our second child is in the neonatal intensive care unit.

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"He will continue to be monitored closely in the intensive care unit."

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She was initially admitted to an intensive care unit but is now in a stable condition, doctors say.

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