Definition of "intensive care" []

• Continuous and closely monitored health care that is provided to critically ill patients. (noun)

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• ""Noah Romanchek's in intensive care and wants to see you.""
• "An ambulance transported him to Aspen Valley Hospital, where he was placed in the intensive care unit."