| Ig | Immuno-globulin IgA; Immuno-globulin A; (27)(30)60(100) - (170)(80)(250)380 mg/dL |
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| IU | 1) International Unit; 국제단위 2) Immunizing Unit; 면역단위 |
| BMU | basic metabolic unit; basic multicellular unit |
| BSU | Bartholin, Skene, urethral [glands]; basic structural unit; British standard unit |
| CFU-S, | CFUS colony-forming unit, spleen; colony-forming unit, stem cells |
| Bethesda unit | A measure of inhibitor activity: the amount of inhibitor that will inactivate 50% or 0.5 unit of a coagulation factor during the incubation period. Origin: Bethesda, MD (05 Mar 2000) |
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| biological standard unit | A specific quantity of biologically active reference material (antibiotic, antitoxin, enzyme, hormone, vitamin, etc.). (05 Mar 2000) |
| bird unit | A unit of prolactin activity: the minimal quantity of the hormone which will cause a certain increase in weight of the crop gland of pigeons. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bodansky unit | That amount of phosphatase that liberates 1 mg of phosphorus as inorganic phosphate during the first hour of incubation with a buffered substrate containing sodium beta-glycerophosphate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bone dry unit | A quantity of wood residue which weighs 2,400 pounds at zero percent moisture content. (05 Dec 1998) |
| British Thermal Unit | <unit> Unit of energy needed to raise one pound of water by one degree fahrenheit. It is equal to 252 calories or 1055 Joules. Acronym: BTU (13 Nov 1997) |
| burst forming unit | <haematology> A bone marrow stem cell lineage detected in culture by its mitotic response to erythropoietin and subsequent erythrocytic differentiation in about 12 mitotic cycles into erythrocytes. (18 Nov 1997) |
| capon-comb unit | Amount of androgen needed to produce an increase in the capon comb surface of 20%. Synonym: capon-comb unit. (05 Mar 2000) |
| capon unit | Amount of androgen needed to produce an increase in the capon comb surface of 20%. Synonym: capon-comb unit. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vegetation unit | A patch, grouping or zone of plants evident in overall plant cover, which appears distinct from other such units because of the vegetation's structure and floristic composition, a given unit is typically topographically distinct and typically has a rather uniform soil, except possibly for relatively dry microsites (for example, tree bases, old tree stumps, mosquito ditch spoil piles and small earth hummocks) in an otherwise wet area or relatively wet microsites (for example small depressions) in an otherwise dry area. (09 Oct 1997) |
| 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) |
| 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) |