"intensive care" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} intensive care (uncountable)
  1. (medicine) The support and monitoring of critically ill patients, especially by the use of instrumentation and specialized staff and equipment. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine Synonyms: critical care, intensive therapy, intensive treatment Translations (support and monitoring of critically ill patients): 特別監護 (Chinese Mandarin), 特别监护 (tèbié jiānhù) (Chinese Mandarin), 重症監護 (Chinese Mandarin), 重症监护 (zhòngzhèng jiānhù) (Chinese Mandarin), 重病監護 (Chinese Mandarin), 重病监护 (zhòngbìng jiānhù) (Chinese Mandarin), intensive care [Netherlands, masculine] (Dutch), intensieve zorg [Belgium, feminine] (Dutch), tehohoito (Finnish), soins intensifs [masculine, plural] (French), traitement intensif [masculine] (French), réanimation [feminine] (French), réa [feminine] (French), Intensivmedizin [feminine] (German), intenzív terápia (Hungarian), terapi intensif (Indonesian), 集中治療 (shūchūchiryō) (alt: しゅうちゅうちりょう) (Japanese), ថែទាំដែលពឹងផ្អែកខ្លាំង (thaetŏəmdaelpɨngphʼaek-khlang) (Khmer), rawatan rapi (Malay), intensywna opieka medyczna [feminine] (Polish), terapie intensivă [feminine] (Romanian), интенси́вная терапи́я (intɛnsívnaja terapíja) [feminine] (Russian), интенси́вный ухо́д (intɛnsívnyj uxód) [masculine] (Russian), реанима́ция (reanimácija) [feminine] (Russian), intensivvård [common-gender] (Swedish), yoğun bakım (Turkish), chăm sóc đặc biệt (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-intensive_care-en-noun-TxADgsWw Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'support and monitoring of critically ill patients': 86 14
  2. (medicine, colloquial) Ellipsis of intensive care unit. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, ellipsis, uncountable Alternative form of: intensive care unit Categories (topical): Medicine Derived forms: intensive care unit, ICU
    Sense id: en-intensive_care-en-noun-ZnrZFNiE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Topics: medicine, sciences

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