Uncertainty - ț̢
The condition in which reasonable knowledge regarding risks, benefits, or the future is not available.
Synonyms :
Uncompensated Care - ț̢
Medical services for which no payment is received. Uncompensated care includes charity care and bad debts.
Synonyms : Care, Indigent, Care, Uncompensated
Unconscious (Psychology) - ț̢
Those forces and content of the mind which are not ordinarily available to conscious awareness or to immediate recall.
Synonyms : Unconscious
Unconsciousness - ț̢
Loss of the ability to maintain awareness of self and environment combined with markedly reduced responsiveness to environmental stimuli. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp344-5)
Synonyms : Loss of Consciousness, State, Unconscious, Unconscious States
Uncoupling Agents - ț̢
Chemical agents that uncouple oxidation from phosphorylation in the metabolic cycle so that ATP synthesis does not occur. Included here are those IONOPHORES that disrupt electron transfer by short-circuiting the proton gradient across mitochondrial membranes.