| LU | left upper [limb]; loudness unit; Lupron; lytic unit |
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| MICU | medical intensive care unit; mobile intensive care unit |
| mIU | milli-international unit; one-thousandth of an international unit |
| MRU | mass radiography unit; minimal reproductive unit |
| PFU | plaque-forming unit; pock-forming unit |
| unit of weight | See: unit of mass. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| unit of work | See: unit of energy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| USP unit | A unit as defined and adopted by the United States Pharmacopeia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| 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) |
| adiphenine hydrochloride | Alpha-Phenylbenzeneacetic acid 2-(diethylamino)ethyl ester hydrochloride;a spasmolytic agent used to decrease spasm of the biliary tract, gastrointestinal tract, uterus, and ureter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alfentanil hydrochloride | C21H32N6O3 -HCl -H2O;a very potent, short acting narcotic agonist analgesic used as an anaesthetic or as an adjunct in the maintenance of general anaesthesia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alpha-prodine hydrochloride | See: alphaprodine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alprenolol hydrochloride | The hydrochloride salt of 1-(o-allylphenoxy)-3-(isopropylamino)propan-2-ol; a beta-receptor blocking agent, used for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias. (05 Mar 2000) |
| amantadine hydrochloride | 1-Adamantanamine;an antiviral agent used for influenza; also used to treat parkinsonism where it increases dopamine release and reduces its reuptake into dopaminergic nerve terminals of substantia nigra neurons. (05 Mar 2000) |
| amiloride hydrochloride | N-Amidino-3,5-diamino-6-chloropyrazinecarboxami de monohydrochloride dihydrate;a non-steroidal compound exerting an effect similar to that of an aldosterone inhibitor, i.e., urinary sodium excretion is enhanced and potassium excretion is reduced; a potassium sparing diuretic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aminacrine hydrochloride | Bactericidal agent for external use. See: acridine yellow. Synonym: 5-aminoacridine hydrochloride, 9-aminoacridine hydrochloride. (05 Mar 2000) |