Icu

name, noun, phrase

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of intensive care unit. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

    "A day earlier, state epidemiologist Dr. Paul Byers warned the minimal available ICU capacity meant dozens of patients are waiting in emergency rooms for an ICU bed. […] “We desperately needed the nursing support because our ICUs are so inundated with critically ill Covid patients,” Brown said."

  2. 2
    a hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care wordnet
  3. 3
    Initialism of intersection capacity utilization: a measure of the capacity of a roadway intersection. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Phrase
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of I see you. Internet, abbreviation, alt-of
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of International Christian University, a private university located in Tokyo. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 2
    Initialism of International Components for Unicode: software libraries supporting internationalization. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  3. 3
    Initialism of Islamic Courts Union: a belligerent in Somali Civil War. abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism

Synonyms

All synonyms
ccuintensive care unitintensive care unitituitu

Example

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"“The numbers are going up at such a rate – it’s more than double the capacity of the hospital system, it is more than triple the capacity of the ICU [intensive care unit] system,” Cuomo said."

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