Definition of "intensive care unit" []

• A specialized section of a hospital containing the equipment, medical and nursing staff, and monitoring devices necessary to provide intensive care. (noun)

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• "The intensive care unit at The Children’s Hospital is a long rectangular space with a glassed-in nursing station on the center of one of the long walls."