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CORONARY CARE UNIT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A hospital unit specially staffed and equipped to treat patients with serious cardiac problems
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("coronary care unit" is a kind of...):
ICU; intensive care unit (a hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care)
Holonyms ("coronary care unit" is a part of...):
hospital (a medical institution where sick or injured people are given medical or surgical care)