intensive care
English
editNoun
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
editDescendants
editDescendants
- → Turkish: yoğun bakım (calque)
Translations
editsupport and monitoring of critically ill patients
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Further reading
editintensive care on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “intensive care”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Dutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English intensive care.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editintensive care m (plural intensive cares)
- (medicine, uncountable) intensive care
- (medicine, countable) intensive-care unit, ICU
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