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Noun: coronary care unit
  1. A hospital unit specially staffed and equipped to treat patients with serious cardiac problems
    "The patient was rushed to the coronary care unit after suffering a heart attack"

Derived forms: coronary care units

Type of: ICU, intensive care unit

Part of: hospital, spital [archaic]

Encyclopedia: Coronary care unit