Associations to the word «Intensive»

INTENSIVE, adjective. Thorough, to a great degree, with intensity.

INTENSIVE, adjective. Demanding, requiring a great amount.

INTENSIVE, adjective. Highly concentrated.

INTENSIVE, adjective. (obsolete) Stretched; allowing intension, or increase of degree; that can be intensified.

INTENSIVE, adjective. Characterized by persistence; intent; assiduous.

INTENSIVE, adjective. (grammar) Serving to give force or emphasis.

INTENSIVE, adjective. (medicine) Related to the need to manage life-threatening conditions by means of sophisticated life support and monitoring.

INTENSIVE, noun. (linguistics) Form of a word with a stronger or more forceful sense than the root on which the intensive is built.

INTENSIVE CARE, noun. (medicine) The support and monitoring of critically ill patients, especially by the use of instrumentation and specialized staff and equipment.

INTENSIVE CARE UNIT, noun. A hospital ward into which critically ill patients, in danger of dying, are admitted and closely monitored (abbreviation: ICU).

INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, noun. Plural of intensive care unit

INTENSIVE, noun. A modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies; "`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier".

INTENSIVE, adjective. Characterized by a high degree or intensity; often used as a combining form; "the questioning was intensive"; "intensive care"; "research-intensive"; "a labor-intensive industry".

INTENSIVE, adjective. Tending to give force or emphasis; "an intensive adverb".

INTENSIVE, adjective. Of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor; "intensive agriculture"; "intensive conditions".