| NOUN | group | intensive care unit, ICU | a hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care |
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| Meaning | A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care. | |
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| Synonym | ICU | |
| Part of | hospital | A medical institution where sick or injured people are given medical or surgical care |
| Narrower | coronary care unit | A hospital unit specially staffed and equipped to treat patients with serious cardiac problems |
| 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 |
| Spanish | UCI, unidad de cuidados intensivos, unidad de vigilancia intensiva, UVI | |
| Catalan | UCI, unitat de cures intensives | |
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