Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

intensive care unit

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-ten-sive -care u-nit
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A part of a hospital into which critically ill patients, in danger of dying, are admitted and closely monitored.

Inflected Forms

intensive care units (plural) intensive-care unit (alternative)

Synonyms

critical ward ICU CCU ITU

Questions

What does intensive care unit mean?: A part of a hospital into which critically ill patients, in danger of dying, are admitted and closely monitored.

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