SCBUn.
/skᵻˈbuː/, U.S. /skᵻˈbu/ Chiefly British.
= special care baby unit n. at special adj., adv., and n. Compounds 2.
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the world > health and disease > healing > places for the sick or injured > [noun] > hospital or infirmary > hospital ward > types of ward
foul ward1734
day ward1801
eye ward1828
casualty ward1836
scarlet ward1888
out-ward1890
observation ward1908
open ward1919
casualty1927
post-op1929
Nightingale ward1930
private1942
surgical1961
SCBU1968
NICU1971
pre-op1991
1968 Nursing Mirror & Midwives' Jrnl. 12 Apr. 80/2 A new Maternity Unit is in course of construction at The Leicester Royal Infirmary..and will consist of 156 beds with a 30-cot S.C.B.U.
1978 M. L. Chiswick Neonatal Med. xiii. 95/2 Nearly 90 per cent of babies who are less than 2.5kg at birth spend some time in a Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU).
1987 Times 7 July 26 (advt.) Qualified nurses. Especially Theatre, ITU, SCBU and SCM.
2014 Swindon Advertiser (Nexis) 10 Dec. She was born prematurely at only 34 weeks and so is having a bit of a stay in SCBU.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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