intensive care

noun

the use of specialized equipment and personnel for continuous monitoring and care of the critically ill.

intensive care

noun

extensive and continuous care and treatment provided for an acutely ill patient, usually in a specially designated section ( intensive care unit ) of a hospital

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Word History and Origins

Origin of intensive care¹

First recorded in 1960–65

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The 70-year-old remains in intensive care and will undergo new tests.

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Vanellope is taken to the children's paediatric intensive care unit and will spend some time in hospital recovering.

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This was the chocolate that resulted in her being treated in intensive care.

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In the neonatal intensive care unit, parents are not only dealing with the day-to-day medical reality, but they’re also “grieving the imagined baby — the baby you thought you were going to have,” Lakatos said.

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An Israeli strike has destroyed the intensive care and surgery departments of the main medical facility in Gaza City, Hamas has said.

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