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intensive care

 noun
     
Related topics: Hospital, Illness and Disability
intensive care [uncountable]
MH a department in a hospital that treats people who are very seriously ill or badly injured, or the continuous and thorough treatment given to patients there
in intensive care
He is still in intensive care in Bristol General Hospital.
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