| upwards | 1. In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin; opposed to downward; as, to tend or roll upward. "Looking inward, we are stricken dumb; looking upward, we speak and prevail." (Hooker) 2. In the upper parts; above. "Dagon his name, sea monster, upward man, And down ward fish." (Milton) 3. Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over. "From twenty years old and upward." (Num. I. 3) Upward of, or Upwards of, more than; above. "I have been your wife in this obedience Upward of twenty years." (Shak) Origin: AS. Upweardes. See Up-, and -wards. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| up and go test |
A timed test of lower-extremity mobility. It measures the time required to rise from a chair, walk 10 ft, turn, and return to the sitting position. Performance on this test is affected by abnormal gaits that increase the risk of f
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| upcode |
To assign a higher billing code to a patient visit than is justified by common practice or law.
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| upper airway obstruction |
ABBR: UAO. Any potentially life-threatening abnormality in which the flow of air into and out of the lungs is partially or completely blocked by such conditions as laryngeal swelling, foreign bodies, or angioedema. SEE:
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| upper airway resistance syndrome |
ABBR: UARS. A type of sleep-disordered breathing, caused by increased airflow obstruction, in which a person awakens multiple times and then suffers daytime drowsiness or fatigue.
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| upper GI |
upper gastrointestinal.
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| UP | news that updates your information |
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| UP | modernize or bring up to date |
| UP | bring to the latest state of technology |
| UP | bring up to date |
| UP | the act of changing something to bring it up to date (usually by adding something) |
| UP | United States author (born 1932) |
| UP | a strong upward air current |
| UP | set, turn, or stand on end |
| UP | become turned or set on end |
| UP | turned up on end |
| UP | turning upside down |
| UP | (sports) away from the defending teams's end of the playing field |