Meanings
plural ICUs
- abbreviationinitialismmedicineInitialism of intensive care unit.
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Synonyms & antonyms
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nouna hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Basque ZIU (zainketa intentsiboetako unitatea)
- ZIU (zainketa intentsiboetako unitatea)intensive care unit
Catalan UCI
- UCIintensive care unit
Chinese Mandarin 監護病房 /监护病房, 重病監護室 /重病监护室
- 監護病房 /监护病房 (jiānhù bìngfáng)intensive care unit
- 重病監護室 /重病监护室 (zhòngbìng jiānhùshì)intensive care unit
- 加護病房 /加护病房 (jiāhù bìngfáng)intensive care unit
Czech JIP
- JIPintensive care unit
Finnish teho
- tehointensive care unit
French réa
- réaintensive care unit
German Intensivstation, Intensiv
- Intensivstationintensive care unit
- Intensivintensive care unit
- ISintensive care unit
- IPSintensive care unit
Greek ΜΕΘ
- ΜΕΘ (METh)intensive care unit
Hungarian intenzív, ITO
- intenzívintensive care unit
- ITOintensive care unit
Indonesian ICU
- ICUintensive care unit
Japanese ICU (ICU)
- ICU (ICU)intensive care unit
Polish OIT (oddział intensywnej terapii), OITM
- OIT (oddział intensywnej terapii)intensive care unit
- OITMintensive care unit
Portuguese UTI, UCI
- UTIintensive care unit
- UCIintensive care unit
Russian ОРИТ
- ОРИТ (ORIT)intensive care unit
Slovak JIS
- JISintensive care unit
Spanish UCI, uti
- UCIintensive care unit
- utiintensive care unit
Swedish IVA, iva
- IVAintensive care unit
- ivaintensive care unit
Thai หน่วยอภิบาล, ไอซียู
- หน่วยอภิบาล (nùai-à-pí-baan)intensive care unit
- ไอซียู (ai-sii-yuu)intensive care unit
Vietnamese HSTC (hồi sức tích cực)
- HSTC (hồi sức tích cực)intensive care unit
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
ICU. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ICU
“ICU.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ICU. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ICU,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ICU.
Source: ICU on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.