| WPR | written progress report |
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| IMR | individual medical record; infant mortality rate; infant mortality risk; Institute for Medical Resea... |
| MRI | machine-readable identifier; magnetic resonance imaging; medical records information; Medical Resear... |
| MRL | medical records librarian; Medical Research Laboratory |
| ERF | Education and Research Foundation; external rotation in flexion; Eye Research Foundation |
| vitamin B2 unit | Potency usually expressed in terms of weight of pure riboflavin. See: Sherman-Bourquin unit of vitamin B2. Synonym: vitamin B2 unit. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| vitamin B6 unit | Potency expressed in terms of weight of pure crystalline pyridoxine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vitamin C unit | The vitamin C activity of 0.05 mg of the standard crystalline levoascorbic acid; 1 mg of crystalline vitamin C provides 20 USP unit's. See: Sherman unit. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vitamin D unit | The antirachitic activity contained in 0.025 ug of a preparation of crystalline vitamin D3 (activated 7-dehydrocholesterol). See: Steenbock unit. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vitamin E unit | Potency usually expressed in terms of weight of pure alpha-tocopherol. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vitamin K unit | See: Dam unit. (05 Mar 2000) |
| centimeter-gram-second unit | <unit> An absolute unit of the centimeter-gram-second system. (05 Mar 2000) |
| volume unit | A unit of a logarithmic scale for expressing the power level of a complex audio-frequency electrical signal, such as that transmitting music or speech; the power in volume unit's equals the decibels of power above a reference level of one milliwatt, as measured with an appropriate meter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| respiratory care unit | The hospital unit in which patients with respiratory conditions requiring special attention receive intensive medical care and surveillance. (12 Dec 1998) |
| riboflavin unit | Potency usually expressed in terms of weight of pure riboflavin. See: Sherman-Bourquin unit of vitamin B2. Synonym: vitamin B2 unit. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chlorophyll unit | The number of chlorophyll molecules required to reduce one molecule of carbon dioxide by photosynthesis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| meter-kilogram-second unit | An absolute unit of the meter-kilogram-second system. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chorionic gonadotropin unit | The specific gonadotropic activity of 0.1 mg of the standard preparation of chorionic gonadotropin originating from the urine or placentas of pregnant women. (05 Mar 2000) |
| phosphatase unit | See: Bodansky unit, King unit. (05 Mar 2000) |
| photosynthetic unit | <biochemistry, plant biology> Group of photosynthetic pigment molecules (chlorophylls and carotenoids) that supply light to one reaction centre in photosystem I or II. (18 Nov 1997) |