| intensifier | One who or that which intensifies or strengthens; in photography, an agent used to intensify the lights or shadows of a picture. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| intensify | To render more intense; as, to intensify heat or cold; to intensify colours; to intensify a photographic negative; to intensify animosity. "How piercing is the sting of pride By want embittered and intensified." (Longfellow) Origin: Intense + -fly. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| intensifying screen | A screen used in radiography. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intensity | The condition or quality of being intense, a high degree of tension, activity or energy. Origin: L. Intensus = intense, tendere = to stretch (18 Nov 1997) |
| intensity of sound | The objective measurement of the amplitude of vibration of a sound wave. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intensive | Relating to or marked by intensity; denoting a form of treatment by means of very large doses or of substances possessing great strength or activity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intensive care | Advanced and highly specialised care provided to medical or surgical patients whose conditions are life-threatening and require comprehensive care and constant monitoring. It is usually administered in specially equipped units of a health care facility. (12 Dec 1998) |
| intensive care unit | A hospital facility for provision of intensive nursing and medical care of critically ill patients, characterised by high quality and quantity of continuous nursing and medical supervision and by use of sophisticated monitoring and resuscitative equipment; may be organised for the care of specific patient groups, e.g., neonatal or newborn ICU, neurological ICU, pulmonary ICU. Synonym: critical care unit. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intensive care units | Hospital units providing continuous surveillance and care to acutely ill patients. (12 Dec 1998) |
| intensive care units, neonatal | Hospital units providing continuing surveillance and care to acutely ill newborn infants. (12 Dec 1998) |
| intensive care units, paediatric | Hospital units providing continuous surveillance and care to acutely ill infants and children. Neonates are excluded since intensive care units, neonatal is available. (12 Dec 1998) |
| intensive care, neonatal | Continuous care and monitoring of newborn infants with life-threatening conditions, in any setting. (12 Dec 1998) |
| intensive management | Planned, active treatment to improve the quality and quantity of timber within a stand. A general term that distinguishes active forest management from passive forest management. (05 Dec 1998) |
| intensive properties | <chemistry> Properties which are independent of the amount of the substance. (09 Jan 1998) |
| intensive psychotherapy | Psychotherapy involving thorough exploration of the patient's life history, conflicts, and related psychodynamics; often contrasted with supportive psychotherapy. (05 Mar 2000) |