| ICCU | intensive coronary care unit; intermediate coronary care unit |
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| IOU | intensive care observation unit; international opacity unit |
| IRU | industrial rehabilitation unit; interferon reference unit |
| IU | immunizing unit; international unit; intrauterine; in utero; 5-iodouracil |
| KU | kallikrein unit; Karmen unit |
| USP unit | A unit as defined and adopted by the United States Pharmacopeia. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Fishman-Lerner unit | A unit of serum acid phosphatase activity based upon measurement of the amount of phenol released from a phenylphosphate substrate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Florey unit | <microbiology> The minimum amount of penicillin which will prevent the growth of Staphylococcus aureus over an area 26 mm in diameter in a standard culture medium; 1 unit equals 0.6 ug of crystalline sodium salt of penicillin. Synonym: Florey unit. (05 Mar 2000) |
| focus-forming unit | A measurement of the concentration of live virus in a given amount of fluid. This is measured by spreading a known amount of the fluid over a layer of cultured cells which are infected by the virus, then counting the number of areas in the culture which look infected. (09 Oct 1997) |
| laminar air flow unit | An air-filtering system used at some transplant facilities to remove particulate matter and fungi from the air. (16 Dec 1997) |
| lung unit | A respiratory bronchiole together with the alveolar ducts and sacs and pulmonary alveoli into which the respiratory bronchiole leads, considered by some to include the terminal bronchiole and its subdivisions, and called a pulmonary acinus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| unit monitor |
In radiation therapy, a calibrated unit of dose that determines the length of the treatment.
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| unit of blood |
Approx. 1 pint (473 ml) of blood, the usual amount available for use in transfusion.
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| unit of capacity |
The capacity of a condenser that gives a difference of potential of 1 volt when charged with 1 coulomb. SYN: curie; farad.
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| United Network for Organ Sharing |
ABBR: UNOS. An organization established in 1984 to facilitate donation of organs for possible transplantation. Website: www.unos.org. SEE: organ donation.
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| uniterminal |
Having only one terminal.
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| unit | the act of making or becoming a single unit |
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| unit | the combination of two or more commercial companies |
| unit | the joint development of a petroleum resurce that straddles territory controlled by different companies |
| unit | conversion of an investment trust into a unit investment trust |
| unit | the act of packaging cargo into unit loads |
| unit | separate or classify into units |
| unit | make into a unit |
| unit | divide (bulk material) and process as units |
| unit | the joint development of a petroleum resurce that straddles territory controlled by different companies |
| unit | conversion of an investment trust into a unit investment trust |
| unit | the act of packaging cargo into unit loads |
| unit | (psychology) the configuration of smaller units of information into large coordinated units |