intensive care
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
- (medicine) The support and monitoring of critically ill patients, especially by the use of instrumentation and specialized staff and equipment.
- Synonyms: critical care, intensive therapy, intensive treatment
- (medicine, colloquial) Ellipsis of intensive care unit.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Descendants
- → Turkish: yoğun bakım (calque)
Translations[edit]
support and monitoring of critically ill patients
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Further reading[edit]
- intensive care on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “intensive care”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English intensive care.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
intensive care m (plural intensive cares)
- (medicine, uncountable) intensive care
- (medicine, countable) intensive-care unit, ICU
See also[edit]
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