ＩＣＵ

noun

intensive care unit; ICU

Medical term for a hospital ward providing intensive treatment. The abbreviation ICU is standard in Japanese medical contexts.

See also: 集中治療室

• 患かん者じゃはＩＣＵに運はこばれた。

  The patient was taken to the ICU.

• ＩＣＵでの治ち療りょうが必ひつ要ようです。

  Treatment in the ICU is necessary.

noun

interface control unit

Computing term for a hardware or software component that manages interfaces. Rare outside technical documentation.

• このシステムのＩＣＵは通つう信しんプロトコルを制せい御ぎょする。

  The ICU of this system controls the communication protocol.