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

The trust said Birmingham Women's Hospital ran the busiest maternity unit in the country, with around 8,200 births annually, while Birmingham Children's Hospital is home to Europe's largest paediatric intensive care unit.

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The baby is being treated in the neonatal intensive care unit of the government-run medical college and hospital there.

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The couple, and their new daughter, were first cared for at Burning Man’s medical tent, until a helicopter arrived to take the child to a neonatal intensive care unit in nearby Reno.

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Hadil Abu Zaid, a British doctor with the charity Medical Aid for Palestinians visiting the intensive care unit, in a statement described the scene as “unbearable,” with “trails of blood” across the floor.

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There was "mass panic... chaos", said a British medical professional working at the hospital, who was treating patients in the intensive care unit at the time.

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