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INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("intensive care unit" 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 "intensive care unit"):
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 ("intensive care unit" is a part of...):
hospital (a medical institution where sick or injured people are given medical or surgical care)
