| HU | heat unit; hemagglutinating unit; hemolytic unit; Hounsfield unit; human urine, human urinary; hydro... |
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| TU | thiouracil; thyroid uptake; Todd unit; toxin unit; transmission unit; transurethral; tuberculin unit... |
| AU | according to custom [Lat. ad usum]; allergenic unit; ngstrom unit; antitoxin unit; arbitrary unit; A... |
| CCU | cardiac care unit; Cherry-Crandall unit; coronary care unit; critical care unit |
| MU | megaunit; mescaline unit; methyluric [acid]; Montevideo unit; motion unsharpness; motor unit; mouse ... |
| menstrual period | <medicine> The catamenial or menstrual discharge, a periodic flow of blood or bloody fluid from the uterus or female generative organs. Origin: L. Mensis month, pl. Menses months, and the monthly courses of women. Cf. Month. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| period | Drosophila gene regulating circadian rhythm. See: timeless. (18 Nov 1997) |
| missed period | The failure of menstruation to occur in any month at the expected time. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mitotic period | The period of the cell cycle in which all phases of mitosis occur. Synonym: M phase. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Wenckebach period | A sequence of cardiac cycles in the electrocardiogram ending in a dropped beat due to A-V block, the preceding cycles showing progressively lengthening P-R intervals; the P-R interval following the dropped beat is again shortened. (05 Mar 2000) |
| crisis period | A situation in which most of the secondary cells in a culture die off, even though conditions exist which should normally be favorable for their growth. (09 Oct 1997) |
| critical period | <psychology> A specific stage in animal and human development during which certain types of behaviour normally are shaped and molded for life. (12 Dec 1998) |
| postoperative period | The period following a surgical operation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| postprandial period | Occurring after dinner, or after a meal. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hamilton period | <geology> A subdivision of the Devonian system of America; so named from Hamilton, Madison Co, new York. It includes the Marcellus, Hamilton, and Genesee epochs or groups. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| preejection period | The interval between onset of QRS complex and cardiac ejection; electromechanical systole minus ejection time. (05 Mar 2000) |
| prepatent period | <microbiology> The period of time equivalent to the incubation period of parasite infections compared with microbial infections. It is biologically different, because the parasite is undergoing developmental stages in the host, and the prepatent period represents the time from infection until a female starts to produce eggs, and is equivalent to the latent period in microparasitic infections. (21 Jun 2000) |
| salina period | <geology> The period in which the American Upper Silurian system, containing the brine-producing rocks of central new York, was formed. Origin: So called from Salina, a town in New York. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| prodromal period | The time during which a disease process has begun but is not yet clinically manifest. (05 Mar 2000) |
| puerperal period | The period elapsing between the termination of labour and the return of the generative tract to its normal condition; the 6 weeks following the completion of labour. (05 Mar 2000) |