INTENSIVE CARE UNIT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care

Synonyms:

ICU; intensive care unit

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)