Meanings
nounintensive care unit (plural intensive care units)
plural intensive care units · alternative intensive-care unit
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA part of a hospital into which critically ill patients, in danger of dying, are admitted and closely monitored.
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Translations
Afrikaans waakeenheid
- waakeenheidhospital ward for critically ill patients
Arabic وَحَدة العِنَايَة المُرَكَّزة
- وَحَدة العِنَايَة المُرَكَّزة (waḥadat al-ʕināyat al-murakkaza)hospital ward for critically ill patients
Basque zainketa intentsiboetako unitatea
- zainketa intentsiboetako unitateahospital ward for critically ill patients
Bengali নিবিড় পরিচর্যা কেন্দ্র
- নিবিড় পরিচর্যা কেন্দ্র (nibiṛ poricorja kendro)hospital ward for critically ill patients
Catalan unitat de cures intensives
- unitat de cures intensiveshospital ward for critically ill patients
Chinese Cantonese 深切治療部 /深切治疗部
- 深切治療部 /深切治疗部 (sam¹ cit³ zi⁶ liu⁴ bou⁶)hospital ward for critically ill patients
Chinese Mandarin 監護病房 /监护病房, 重症監護室 /重症监护室
- 監護病房 /监护病房 (jiānhù bìngfáng)hospital ward for critically ill patients
- 重症監護室 /重症监护室 (zhòngzhèng jiānhùshì)hospital ward for critically ill patients
- 重病監護室 /重病监护室 (zhòngbìng jiānhùshì)hospital ward for critically ill patients
- 加護病房 /加护病房 (jiāhù bìngfáng)hospital ward for critically ill patients
Czech jednotka intenzivní péče
- jednotka intenzivní péčehospital ward for critically ill patients
Danish intensiv afdeling, intensivafdeling
- intensiv afdelinghospital ward for critically ill patients
- intensivafdelinghospital ward for critically ill patients
Dutch intensive care, intensievezorgafdeling
- intensive carehospital ward for critically ill patients
- intensievezorgafdelinghospital ward for critically ill patients
Finnish teho-osasto
- teho-osastohospital ward for critically ill patients
French unité de soins intensifs, unité de traitement intensif
- unité de soins intensifshospital ward for critically ill patients
- unité de traitement intensifhospital ward for critically ill patients
- soins intensifshospital ward for critically ill patients
German Intensivstation
- Intensivstationhospital ward for critically ill patients
Hebrew יחידה לטיפול נמרץ
- יחידה לטיפול נמרץhospital ward for critically ill patients
Hungarian intenzív terápiás osztály, intenzív osztály
- intenzív terápiás osztályhospital ward for critically ill patients
- intenzív osztályhospital ward for critically ill patients
- ITOhospital ward for critically ill patients
Icelandic gjörgæsludeild
- gjörgæsludeildhospital ward for critically ill patients
Indonesian ruang perawatan intensif
- ruang perawatan intensifhospital ward for critically ill patients
Italian unità di terapia intensiva
- unità di terapia intensivahospital ward for critically ill patients
Japanese 集中治療室
- 集中治療室 (shūchūchiryōshitsu)hospital ward for critically ill patients
Korean 중환자실, 집중 치료실
- 중환자실 (junghwanjasil)hospital ward for critically ill patients
- 집중 치료실 (jipjung chiryosil)hospital ward for critically ill patients
Lithuanian intensyviosios terapijos skyrius, intensyviosios priežiūros skyrius
- intensyviosios terapijos skyriushospital ward for critically ill patients
- intensyviosios priežiūros skyriushospital ward for critically ill patients
Malay unit rawatan rapi
- unit rawatan rapihospital ward for critically ill patients
Māori wāhanga whāomoomo
- wāhanga whāomoomohospital ward for critically ill patients
Persian بخش مراقبتهای ویژه
- بخش مراقبتهای ویژه (baxš-e morâqebat-hâye viže)hospital ward for critically ill patients
Polish oddział intensywnej terapii, oddział intensywnej opieki medycznej
- oddział intensywnej terapiihospital ward for critically ill patients
- oddział intensywnej opieki medycznejhospital ward for critically ill patients
- OIOMhospital ward for critically ill patients
Portuguese unidade de terapia intensiva, unidade de cuidados intensivos
- unidade de terapia intensivahospital ward for critically ill patients
- unidade de cuidados intensivoshospital ward for critically ill patients
Romanian unitate de terapie intensivă
- unitate de terapie intensivăhospital ward for critically ill patients
Russian отделе́ние реанима́ции и интенси́вной терапи́и
- отделе́ние реанима́ции и интенси́вной терапи́и (otdelénije reanimácii i intɛnsívnoj terapíi)hospital ward for critically ill patients
Spanish unidad de cuidados intensivos
- unidad de cuidados intensivoshospital ward for critically ill patients
Swedish intensivvårdsavdelning
- intensivvårdsavdelninghospital ward for critically ill patients
Turkish yoğun bakım ünitesi
- yoğun bakım ünitesihospital ward for critically ill patients
Urdu شعبہ انتہائی نگہداشت
- شعبہ انتہائی نگہداشت (śo'ba-e-intihā'ī nigahdāśt)hospital ward for critically ill patients
Vietnamese phòng chăm sóc tích cực, phòng săn sóc tích cực
- phòng chăm sóc tích cựchospital ward for critically ill patients
- phòng săn sóc tích cựchospital ward for critically ill patients
- phòng hồi sức tích cựchospital ward for critically ill patients
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intensive care unit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intensive%20care%20unit
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“intensive care unit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intensive%20care%20unit. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “intensive care unit,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intensive%20care%20unit.
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