Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

icu

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.25 in modern English

Syllables: icu
IPA

5

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Initialism of intensive care unit.

noun

Initialism of intersection capacity utilization: a measure of the capacity of a roadway intersection.

name

Initialism of International Christian University, a private university located in Tokyo.

name

Initialism of International Components for Unicode: software libraries supporting internationalization.

name

Initialism of Islamic Courts Union: a belligerent in Somali Civil War.

phrase

Abbreviation of I see you.

Example Sentences

"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."

Inflected Forms

ICUs (plural)

Synonyms

CCU ITU intensive care unit

Questions

What does icu mean?: Initialism of intensive care unit.

How to pronounce icu

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