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intensive care

in·ten·sive care


noun 
Definition:
 
1. health services 
Same as  intensive care unit


2. medicine the monitoring, care, and treatment in a hospital of patients who are seriously ill or injured, especially by the use of specialist equipment such as that aiding breathing
See also  critical care

needed intensive care after the accident

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