ICU

English

Noun

ICU (plural ICUs)

  2. (medicine) Initialism of intensive care unit.
    Synonyms: CCU, ITU
    Hyponyms: SICU, PICU, NICU, CICU
  4. (transport) Initialism of intersection capacity utilization: a measure of the capacity of a roadway intersection.

Translations

Proper noun

ICU

  1. Initialism of International Christian University, a private university located in Tokyo.
  2. Initialism of international components for Unicode: software libraries supporting internationalization.
  3. (historical) Initialism of Islamic Courts Union: a belligerent in Somali Civil War.

Phrase

ICU

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of I see you.

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Indonesian

Etymology

From English ICU (“intensive care unit”).

Noun

ICU

  1. intensive care unit, a hospital ward into which critically ill patients, in danger of dying, are admitted and closely monitored

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