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    ICU

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive careplay

    Synonyms:

    ICU; intensive care unit

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

    Hypernyms ("ICU" is a kind of...):

    social unit; unit (an organization regarded as part of a larger social group)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ICU"):

    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)

    Holonyms ("ICU" is a part of...):

    hospital (a medical institution where sick or injured people are given medical or surgical care)

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