| urban growth boundary | A land use boundary surrounding a city. Urban land uses are permitted within the urban growth boundary. (05 Dec 1998) |
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| urban health | The status of health in urban populations. (12 Dec 1998) |
| urban health services | Health services, public or private, in urban areas. The services include the promotion of health and the delivery of health care. (12 Dec 1998) |
| urban population | The inhabitants of a city or town, including metropolitan areas and suburban areas. (12 Dec 1998) |
| urban renewal | The planned upgrading of a deteriorating urban area, involving rebuilding, renovation, or restoration. It frequently refers to programs of major demolition and rebuilding of blighted areas. (12 Dec 1998) |
| urban typhus | A mild form of typhus occurring in urban areas, reported in Mediterranean areas. Synonym: urban typhus. Siberian tick typhus, tick-borne rickettsiosis caused by infection with Rickettsia sibirica. (05 Mar 2000) |
| urban typhus of malayia | Murine typhus, an acute infectious disease with fever, headache, and rash, all quite similar to, but milder than, epidemic typhus, caused by a related microoganism, rickettsia typhi (mooseri), transmitted to humans by rat fleas (xenopsylla cheopis). The animal reservoir includes rats, mice and other rodents. Murine typhus occurs sporadically worldwide but is more prevalent in congested rat-infested urban areas. Also known as endemic typhus, andrat-flea typhus. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Urban's operation | Extended radical mastectomy, including en bloc resection of internal mammary lymph nodes, part of the sternum, and costal cartilages. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Urban, Jerome | <person> Surgeon, *1914. See: Urban's operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| urbaniste | <botany> A large and delicious pear or Flemish origin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| urbanization | The process whereby a society changes from a rural to an urban way of life. It refers also to the gradual increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas. (12 Dec 1998) |
| urbicolae | <zoology> An extensive family of butterflies, including those known as skippers (Hesperiadae). Origin: NL, fr. L. Urbs, urbis, a city + colere to inhabit. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| urceiform | Pitcher-shaped. Synonym: urceolate. Origin: L. Urceus, pitcher, + forma, form (05 Mar 2000) |
| urceolate | Urn-shaped. (09 Oct 1997) |
| urceole | A vessel for water for washing the hands; also, one to hold wine or water. See: Urceolate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |