intensive care unit
See also: intensive-care unit
English
Alternative forms
Noun
intensive care unit (plural intensive care units)
- A hospital ward into which critically ill patients, in danger of dying, are admitted and closely monitored (abbreviation: ICU).
Usage notes
In colloquial usage this term is often shortened to intensive care; the abbreviation ICU tends to be used by the medical profession.
Translations
intensive care unit — see ICU