Meaning | A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care. |
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Synonym | intensive care unit |
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Part of | hospital | A medical institution where sick or injured people are given medical or surgical care |
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Narrower | coronary care unit | A hospital unit specially staffed and equipped to treat patients with serious cardiac problems |
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neonatal intensive care unit, NICU | An intensive care unit designed with special equipment to care for premature or seriously ill newborn |
Broader | unit, social unit | An organization regarded as part of a larger / larger social group |
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Spanish | UCI, unidad de cuidados intensivos, unidad de vigilancia intensiva, UVI |
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Catalan | UCI, unitat de cures intensives |
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