NICU

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does NICU mean? 

• NICU (noun)
  The noun NICU has 1 sense:

1. an intensive care unit designed with special equipment to care for premature or seriously ill newborn

  Familiarity information: NICU used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NICU (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An intensive care unit designed with special equipment to care for premature or seriously ill newborn

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

neonatal intensive care unit; NICU

Hypernyms ("NICU" is a kind of...):

ICU; intensive care unit (a hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care)

 Context examples 

To date, only two other studies have addressed the exposure of new-born babies in the NICU environment to these chemical compounds, and both identified an increase in BPA concentrations in the urine of the babies that was linked to a higher frequency and intensity of the use of these medical devices.

(Babies in neonatal intensive care units are exposed to harmful chemical substances found in plastic, University of Granada)

Physicians have been prescribing vitamin D in premature and preterm infants in neonatal intensive care units (NICU) to prevent rickets, a disease that causes soft, weak bones in children and is often associated with vitamin D deficiency.

(Higher Dose of Vitamin D Increases Bone Density in Premature Babies, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

New-born babies with low birth weight, he explains, require the complex care of the NICU setting, which endeavours to simulate uterine conditions until the baby’s immature skin begins to develop correctly and their gastrointestinal, immune, nervous, and respiratory systems start to function properly.

(Babies in neonatal intensive care units are exposed to harmful chemical substances found in plastic, University of Granada)

A multidisciplinary team of scientists from Granada has warned for the first time of the presence of bisphenol A (BPA) and parabens (PBs) in a wide range of plastic medical devices, fabrics, personal care products (including topical creams), and nutritional supplements in hospital neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), coming into direct contact with new-born babies.

(Babies in neonatal intensive care units are exposed to harmful chemical substances found in plastic, University of Granada)