"CCU" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: CCUs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} CCU (countable and uncountable, plural CCUs)
  1. (countable, medicine) Initialism of cardiac/coronary care unit. Wikidata QID: Q2604639 Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Alternative form of: cardiac/coronary care unit Synonyms: CICU (alt: cardiac/coronary intensive care unit) Coordinate_terms: ICU, ITU
    Sense id: en-CCU-en-noun-en:Q2604639 Categories (other): Medicine, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 42 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 20 43 37 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 43 39 Topics: medicine, sciences
  2. (countable, medicine) Initialism of critical care unit. Wikidata QID: Q5094647 Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Alternative form of: critical care unit Synonyms: ICU, intensive care unit, ITU
    Sense id: en-CCU-en-noun-en:Q5094647 Categories (other): Medicine, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 42 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 20 43 37 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 43 39 Topics: medicine, sciences
  3. Initialism of carbon capture and utilization. Wikidata QID: Q19970426 Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: carbon capture and utilization
    Sense id: en-CCU-en-noun-en:Q19970426 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 42 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 20 43 37 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 43 39
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: CCUS, CICU

Inflected forms

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