| UA | absorption unsharpness; ultra-audible; ultrasonic arteriography; umbilical artery; unauthorized abse... |
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| UE | uncertain etiology; under elbow; uninvolved epidermis; upper esophagus; upper extremity |
| URI | uniform resource identifier; upper respiratory illness; upper respiratory infection |
| US | screen unsharpness ultrasonic, ultrasound; ultrasonography; unconditioned stimulus; unique sequence;... |
| LUL | Left Upper Lobe(of Lung) |
| upper lobe of lung | The lobe of the right lung that lies above the oblique and horizontal fissures and includes the apical, posterior and anterior bronchopulmonary segments; in the left lung, the lobe lies above the oblique fissure and contains the apicoposterior, anterior, superior lingular and inferior lingular segments. Synonym: lobus superior pulmonis, upper lobe of lung. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| upper motor neuron | Clinical term indicating those neuron's of the motor cortex that contribute to the formation of the pyramidal or corticospinal and corticobulbar tracts, as distinguished from the lower motor neuron's innervating the skeletal muscles. Although not motor neuron's in the strict sense, these cortical neuron's became colloquially classified as motor neuron's because their stimulation produces movement and their destruction causes severe disorders of movement. See: motor neuron, motor cortex. (05 Mar 2000) |
| upper motor neuron lesion | Injury to cerebral descending (corticonuclear) fibres above the brainstem or spinal motor nerve nucleus. Synonym: upper motor neuron lesion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| upper nodal extrasystole | An obsolete term for a nodal extrasystole supposed to arise from the upper part of the A-V node; recognised in the electrocardiogram by a retrograde P wave preceding the QRS complex by an abnormally short P-R interval. (05 Mar 2000) |
| upper respiratory infection | Any number of viral or bacterial infections that includes infections of the throat, nasopharynx, sinuses, larynx, trachea or bronchi. (27 Sep 1997) |
| upper respiratory tract | The nasopharynx, oral cavity, and throat. (09 Oct 1997) |
| upper subscapular nerve | Two branches of the posterior cord of the brachial plexus, an upper and lower, supplying the subscapularis muscle; the lower subscapular nerve also supplies the teres major muscle. Synonym: nervi subscapulares. (05 Mar 2000) |
| upper thoracic splanchnic nerves | Part of the cardiopulmonary splanchnic nerves from the second to fifth segments of the thoracic sympathetic trunk that pass medially and anteriorly to enter the cardiac plexus; they convey postsynaptic sympathetic fibres to, and visceral afferent (pain) fibres from, the heart. Synonym: nervi cardiaci thoracici, upper thoracic splanchnic nerves. (05 Mar 2000) |
| upper uterine segment | The main portion of the body of the gravid uterus, the contraction of which furnishes the chief force of expulsion in labour. (05 Mar 2000) |
| upper/lower lobe predominance | <radiology> Upper lobe, usually site of greatest disease due to poorer clearance, bronchogenic carcinoma, pneumoconioses, histiocytosis X, sarcoidosis, ankylosing spondylitis, lower lobe, scleroderma (12 Dec 1998) |
| upper GI series |
X-ray examination of the upper digestive system, oesophagus, stomach and duodenum. The patient drink a barium solution and x-ray-pictures are taken wher the outline of these organs are seen. Upper endoscopy is nowadays used primarily, and x-ray-examination is done only under special circumstansies, for example if the patient cannot swallow the endoscope.
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| upper GI series |
X-rays of the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum.
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| upper GI series |
Method of radiographic visualization of stomach and upper small bowel by means of ingested radiopaque matter.
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| upper extremity |
Having to do with the upper part of the body. In reference to amputees with arm or shoulder amputations.
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| upper GI series |
An X-ray exam of the upper part of the digestive tract.
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| upper | from 280 million to 310 million years ago |
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| upper | one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in proper names and sometimes for emphasis |
| upper | the class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy |
| upper | the class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy |
| upper | a higher deck |
| upper | position of advantage and control |
| upper | the upper jawbone in vertebrates |
| upper | the upper jawbone in vertebrates |
| upper | the limit on the upper (or northernmost) side of something |
| upper | the largest possible quantity |
| upper | the upper part of the mantle |
| upper | the peninsula between Lake Superior and Lake Michigan that forms the northwestern part of Michigan |