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The phrase "intensive care unit" is correct and usable in written English. You can use it when referring to a specialized department in a hospital that provides critical care to patients. An example: "The patient was transferred to the intensive care unit for closer monitoring." Alternative expressions include "ICU" and "critical care unit."
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intensive care unit
noun
A hospital ward into which critically ill patients, in danger of dying, are admitted and closely monitored (abbreviation: ICU).
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He started a neonatal intensive care unit.
Acute cholecystitis in the intensive care unit.
Neonatal intensive care unit room type trends.
SETTING: Tertiary neonatal intensive care unit.
Setting: Cardiac intensive care unit, university hospital.
Scope: Medical-surgical intensive care unit.
medical intensive care unit.
Intensive care unit.
ICU intensive care unit.
Similar(2)
intensive care unit-acquired weakness.
kICU=intensive care unit.
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