intensive care

English

Noun

intensive care (uncountable)

(medicine) The support and monitoring of critically ill patients, especially by the use of instrumentation and specialized staff and equipment.
Synonyms: critical care, intensive therapy, intensive treatment
(medicine, colloquial) Ellipsis of intensive care unit.

Derived terms

intensive care unit, ICU

Descendants

Descendants

→ Turkish: yoğun bakım (calque)

Translations

support and monitoring of critically ill patients

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Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 特別監護／特别监护 (tèbié jiānhù), 重症監護／重症监护 (zhòngzhèng jiānhù), 重病監護／重病监护 (zhòngbìng jiānhù)
Czech: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: intensive care (nl) m (Netherlands), intensieve zorg (nl) f (Flanders)
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: tehohoito (fi)
French: soins intensifs (fr) m pl, traitement intensif m, réanimation (fr) f, réa (fr) f
German: Intensivmedizin (de) f
Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
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Hungarian: intenzív terápia
Japanese: 集中治療 (しゅうちゅうちりょう, shūchūchiryō)
Khmer: ថែទាំដែលពឹងផ្អែកខ្លាំង (thaetŏəmdaelpɨngphʼaek-khlang)
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Polish: intensywna opieka medyczna f
Romanian: terapie intensivă (ro) f
Russian: интенси́вная терапи́я f (intɛnsívnaja terapíja), интенси́вный ухо́д m (intɛnsívnyj uxód), реанима́ция (ru) f (reanimácija)
Swedish: intensivvård (sv) c
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: yoğun bakım (tr)
Vietnamese: chăm sóc đặc biệt

Further reading

intensive care on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
intensive care at OneLook Dictionary Search

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English intensive care.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɪnˌtɛn.zɪf ˈkɛːr/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: in‧ten‧sive care

Noun

intensive care m (plural intensive cares)

(medicine, uncountable) intensive care
(medicine, countable) intensive-care unit, ICU

See also

intensivist

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