Intensive care

noun

Word Frequency: 2.6

Definitions

1.nounThe support and monitoring of critically ill patients, especially by the use of instrumentation and specialized staff and equipment.

2.nounA hospital ward into which critically ill patients, in danger of dying, are admitted and closely monitored (abbreviation: ICU).

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