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Definition 2025

intensive_care

intensive care

See also: intensive-care

English

Noun

intensive care ‎(uncountable)

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

Translations

support and monitoring of critically ill patients

Chinese:
Mandarin: 特別監護, 特别监护 ‎(tèbié jiānhù)
Finnish: tehohoito
French: soins intensifs m pl, traitement intensif m

Russian: интенси́вная терапи́я f ‎(intɛnsívnaja terapíja), интенси́вный ухо́д m ‎(intɛnsívnyj uxód), реанима́ция (ru) f ‎(reanimácija)
Swedish: intensivvård c

Derived terms

intensive care unit, ICU