Medical terms starting with U

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• -uriaUrine or urination condition.
• UUnit. On The Joint Commission Do Not Use list: it can be misread as 0, 4 or cc. Write "unit".
• uni-One.
• universal precautionsOSHA approach: handle all human blood and certain body fluids as though they contain HBV, HIV or other bloodborne…
• ur/o, urin/oUrine or the urinary tract.
• urethr/oUrethra, the tube that carries urine from the bladder out of the body.
• urethraThe tube that carries urine from the bladder out of the body; the area around its opening is cleaned before a…
• urinalysisExamination of a urine sample's appearance, chemistry (often by dipstick) and, when ordered, a microscopic check for…
• UTIUrinary tract infection. A clean-catch midstream urine specimen is collected for the urine culture that diagnoses it.