intensive care

noun

The support and monitoring of critically ill patients, especially by the use of instrumentation and specialized staff and equipment.

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critical careintensive therapyintensive treatment
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Meanings

nounintensive care (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineThe support and monitoring of critically ill patients, especially by the use of instrumentation and specialized staff and equipment.

    Synonyms: critical care, intensive therapy, intensive treatment

  2. abbreviationcolloquialellipsisuncountablemedicineEllipsis of intensive care unit.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe support and monitoring of critically ill patients, especially by the use of instrumentation and specialized staff and equipment.

Similar
critical careintensive therapyintensive treatment

Translations

Arabic عِنَايَة مُرَكَّزَة
  • عِنَايَة مُرَكَّزَةsupport and monitoring of critically ill patients
Chinese Mandarin 特別監護 /特别监护, 重症監護 /重症监护
  • 特別監護 /特别监护 (tèbié jiānhù)support and monitoring of critically ill patients
  • 重症監護 /重症监护 (zhòngzhèng jiānhù)support and monitoring of critically ill patients
  • 重病監護 /重病监护 (zhòngbìng jiānhù)support and monitoring of critically ill patients
Dutch intensive care, intensieve zorg
  • intensive caresupport and monitoring of critically ill patients
  • intensieve zorgsupport and monitoring of critically ill patients
Finnish tehohoito
  • tehohoitosupport and monitoring of critically ill patients
French soins intensifs, traitement intensif
  • soins intensifssupport and monitoring of critically ill patients
  • traitement intensifsupport and monitoring of critically ill patients
  • réanimationsupport and monitoring of critically ill patients
  • réasupport and monitoring of critically ill patients
German Intensivmedizin
  • Intensivmedizinsupport and monitoring of critically ill patients
Hebrew רפואת חירום
  • רפואת חירום (refuát kherúm)support and monitoring of critically ill patients
Hungarian intenzív terápia
  • intenzív terápiasupport and monitoring of critically ill patients
Indonesian terapi intensif
  • terapi intensifsupport and monitoring of critically ill patients
Japanese 集中治療
  • 集中治療 (shūchūchiryō)support and monitoring of critically ill patients
Malay rawatan rapi
  • rawatan rapisupport and monitoring of critically ill patients
Polish intensywna opieka medyczna
  • intensywna opieka medycznasupport and monitoring of critically ill patients
Romanian terapie intensivă
  • terapie intensivăsupport and monitoring of critically ill patients
Russian интенси́вная терапи́я, интенси́вный ухо́д
  • интенси́вная терапи́я (intɛnsívnaja terapíja)support and monitoring of critically ill patients
  • интенси́вный ухо́д (intɛnsívnyj uxód)support and monitoring of critically ill patients
  • реанима́ция (reanimácija)support and monitoring of critically ill patients
Swedish intensivvård
  • intensivvårdsupport and monitoring of critically ill patients
Turkish yoğun bakım
  • yoğun bakımsupport and monitoring of critically ill patients
Vietnamese chăm sóc đặc biệt
  • chăm sóc đặc biệtsupport and monitoring of critically ill patients
Cite this entry
APA

intensive care. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intensive%20care

MLA

“intensive care.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intensive%20care. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “intensive care,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intensive%20care.

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