Le service de soins intensifs
Example: Le service de soins intensifs accueille les patients les plus graves.
Definition
"Le service de soins intensifs" refers to the hospital department specialized in providing intensive medical care to patients with severe or life-threatening conditions, offering constant monitoring and advanced treatment to stabilize and support critical health situations.
Etymology
The phrase "le service de soins intensifs" originates from French, where "service" means a department or unit, "soins" means care or treatment, and "intensifs" refers to the intensive or high-level nature of the care provided. It literally translates to 'the intensive care unit,' a term widely adopted in medical contexts worldwide.
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"Le service de soins intensifs" appears in the Vocaplus list "French - Medicine - (A1-C2) - set 1", containing 109 commonly used words.
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the intensive care unit