ICUnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌaɪ.siːˈjuː/us/ˈaɪˌsiːˈjuː/specializedabbreviation for intensive care unit: the part of a hospital the provides continuous treatment for patients who are seriously ill, very badly injured, or who have just had an operation:
ICU beds are a very expensive and limited resource.
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Medical places & organizations
- A & E
- asylum
- ear, nose, and throat
- emergency room
- ENT
- er
- Harley Street
- health maintenance organization
- intensive care
- lunatic asylum
- madhouse
- Medicare
- mental hospital
- operating room
- outpatients
- sanitarium
- socialized medicine
- surgery
- the funny farm
- theatre
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