intensive carenoun [ U ]
uk/ɪnˌten.sɪv ˈkeər/us/ɪnˌten.sɪv ˈker/(in a hospital) continuous treatment for patients who are seriously ill, very badly injured, or who have just had an operation:
She needed intensive care for three weeks.
also the intensive care unit the part of a hospital that provides intensive care:
He nearly died in the accident and was in intensive care for over a month.
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Medical treatment: treating & caring for people
- attention
- bedside manner
- bring
- care
- clinic
- domiciliary
- eye
- first-line treatment
- keep your/an eye on sth/sb idiom
- mind
- minister
- minister to sb
- modality
- nurse
- patch sb/sth up
- referral
- section
- set sb up
- soothe
- tend
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