| WW | Weight Watchers; wet weight |
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| W/W, w/w | weight; percent weight |
| ACU | acquired cold urticaria; acute care unit; agar colony-forming unit; ambulatory care unit |
| BU | base of prism up; Bethesda unit; blood urea; Bodansky unit; bromouracil; burn unit |
| CICU | cardiac intensive care unit; cardiovascular inpatient care unit; coronary intensive care unit |
| cat unit | The dose of a drug (per kilogram of body weight of cat) which is just large enough to kill a cat when administered intravenously; was applied in the standardization of digitalis materials. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| vitamin A unit | The specific biologic activity of 0.3 ug of vitamin A (alcohol form). See: Sherman-Munsell unit. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vitamin B1 hydrochloride unit | The antineuritic activity of 0.003 mg of the standard crystalline vitamin B1 hydrochloride. Synonym: vitamin B1 hydrochloride unit. (05 Mar 2000) |
| 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) |
| 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) |