List of medical abbreviations: U

Abbreviation Meaning
UOSMurine osmolality
UAurinalysis
unstable angina
U/A upon arrival
UAEUterine Artery Embolization (synonym for Uterine Fibroid Embolization)
UBTurea breath test
UCulcerative colitis
uterine contraction
UCHDusual childhood diseases (see list of childhood diseases)
UCTDUndifferentiated connective tissue disease
UCxUrine culture
UDas directed (from Latin ut dictum)
UDSurine drug screening
Undifferentiated sarcoma
UDTurine drug test
undescended testis
UEupper extremity
U&Eurea and electrolytes (blood test) (for sodium and potassium, and often creatinine)
UFEUterine Fibroid Embolization
UIPusual interstitial pneumonitis
UGIupper gastrointestinal
ULNupper limit of normal
UNOSUnited Network for Organ Sharing
UOP, UO, U/Ourinary output
Ungointment (from Latin unguentum)
Unkunknown
UPJureteropelvic junction (see pyeloplasty)
UPOuntil proven otherwise
UPTurine pregnancy test
URAunilateral renal agenesis
URIupper respiratory infection
URSUreteroscopy
URTIupper respiratory tract infection
USultrasonogram
USAunstable angina
USGultrasonogram
USOunilateral salpingo-oophorectomy
USOHusual state of health
USPUnited States Pharmacopeia
USRunheated serum reagin
USSultrasound scan
UTIurinary tract infection
UUSupper uterine segment
UVALultraviolet argon laser
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