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Character inclined to be kept within hospital ICU (6)

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I believe the answer is:

italic

'character inclined' is the definition.

'to be kept within hospital icu' is the wordplay.
'to be kept within' indicates a hidden word.
'ITALIC' is hidden in the letters of 'hospital icu'.

(Other definitions for italic that I've seen before include "Romance is part of it" , "identifies a branch of languages?" , "Type used for stress" , "from Rome?" , "leaning over" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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