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Definition intensive care in British English

intensive care noun

[uncountable] noun
1

the department of a hospital for people who are so ill or badly injured that they need to have special medical care and be watched very closely

Example

He has been in intensive care since the accident last Saturday night.

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Definition intensive care in British English