critical care unit

noun

plural critical care units

: a unit of a hospital providing intensive care for critically ill or injured patients : intensive care unit

In the critical care unit, I was strapped into several machines that would monitor my vitals.

—Maggie Menditto

The critical care unit is for patients whose care is overseen by infectious disease physicians and intensivists, doctors who specialize in treatment of critically ill patients …

—Alex Golden

Word History

First Known Use

1956, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

critical care unit

noun

: a unit of a hospital providing intensive care for critically ill or injured patients : intensive care unit