coronary care unit
noun · n
Simple meaning
A hospital unit specially staffed and equipped to treat patients with serious cardiac problems.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈkɔɹənɛɹiˈkɛɹˈjunət
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
A hospital unit specially staffed and equipped to treat patients with serious cardiac problems
n
A coronary care unit or cardiac intensive care unit is a hospital ward specialized in the care of patients with heart attacks, unstable angina, cardiac dysrhythmia and (in practice) various other cardiac conditions that require continuous monitoring and treatment.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: A hospital unit specially staffed and equipped to treat patients with serious cardiac problems
Used this way, coronary care unit is a specialist word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. This is a clinical use: it belongs to medical description, where it is factual rather than emotive.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Specialist/technical
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Specialized
- Connotation
- Clinical and technical
- Usage feel
- Technical and specialized
Where it naturally appears
- Medicine/healthcare
- Science
- Technical/specialist writing
Usage note
In general conversation this sense usually needs explaining — outside its field, people reach for a plainer word.
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