Glossary of Medical
Terms, Abbreviations
&
Symbols
Dutch-English,
French-English,
German-English
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UAP
= unstable angina
pectoris / UAW =
unerwünschte Arzneimittelwirkung
= adverse
drug
reaction; adverse effect (clinical
trials); undesirable side
effect (general)
/ Übelkeit
= nausea / Überbein
= ganglion; hygroma / Überblähung
= overinflation;
hyperinflation (lung)
/ überempfindlich
= (general)
hypersensitive; (of bronchial
system) hyperreactive;
hyperresponsive, see
BHR
& HRBS)
/ Überfunktion der
Schilddrüse =
hyperthyroidism;
hyperactivity
of thyroid gland / Übergangsepithel
= transitional
epithelium /
auf ... übergreifend
= spreading to ... / Überlebungskurve
=
plating efficiency (microbiol.:
on graph, shows number of
cells which have survived culturing)
/ übernormaler Film
=
"barndoor" normal radiograph / Übersichtsaufnahme
=
standard
radiograph (as opposed to
mini-format) / überstürzt
=
precocious (symptoms, disease)
/ übertragen
= (adj.)
postmature; past term (obst.);
(verb)
transmit (a
disease) / Überwachungszone
= controlled area (vet.)
/ überzählige
Embryonen = spare embryos (reprod.
med.) /
UBO
= unidentifiable bright object (MRI
scan) /
U&E
= urea and electrolytes (test)
/ UEMO
= Union européenne des médecins omnipracticiens
=
European Union of
General Practitioners / UEMS =
Union européenne des
médecins
spécialistes =
European Union of Medical Specialists (based
Brussels, use FR acronym) / ufc
= unités
formant colonie see
CFU
/
Uhrglasmagen
see
Sanduhrmagen
/ Uhrglasnägel
= watch
crystal
nails (concomitant of digital
clubbing) / UICC
= Union
Internationale contre le Cancer
see
IUAC
/ uitademing
= expiration;
exhalation, breathing out / uitgezonden
vermogen = power output
(laser surgery)
/ uitlokkende factoren
= triggering factors;
triggers; factors which provoke / uitlopers
= processes (of
neurones) / uitpuilende
ogen = protruberant eyes;
exophthalamos (thyroid function)
/ uitscheider = shedder (of virus)
/ uitslag
= (skin)
eruption; rash / uitspuiten
= syringe (ears e.g.)
/ uitsteeksel
= process (bones)
/ uitstorting
= effusion (pleural
e.g.) / uitstrijkje
= smear (cervical
e.g.) / uitwerpselen
= faeces; dejecta / uitzaaien
= seeding (cancer cells)
/
uitzakken =
prolapse /
ulcère peptique
= 1. peptic ulcer; 2. (postoperativel)
anastomotic ulcer / ULTRA = Unrelated
Live Transplant
Regulatory Authority (UK,
1990) / Umgebungsdosimetrie
= area
monitoring, environmental monitoring (vicinity
of plant and wider
environment, including natural background radiation)
/ Umgehungskreislauf
= collateral circulation; compensatory circulation / umhüllen
=
invest (the pleura invest the
lungs e.g.) / Umlauf
=
whitlow; felon; paronychia (derm.)
/ Umschlag
=
deflection (wave on ECG)
/ unausgereift =
immature / unblutig
= non-invasive / unicellulaire
= single-cell; unicellular /
épilepsie uncinée
= uncinate epilepsy / UNDCP
= United
Nations Drug Control Programme / undeutlich
= 1. dull (rmed.:
cf. ohrfern);
2. ill-defined
(lung opacity)
(rad.)
/
unerwünscht
= adverse (e.g.
reaction) /
UNFDAC
= United Nations Fund for
Drug Abuse Control / ungestielt = sessile (polyp)
/ lit unguéal;
matrice unguéale
-
nail bed; nail matrix / unimorph
= monomorphic (card.)
/ unité formant
plages;
unité formatrice de plages
see
PFU
/
universitaire geneeskunde
= conventional medicine; "allopathy" (as
opposed to e.g. homeopathic medicine)
/ univitellin
=
monozygotic (twin)
/ UNSCEAR
= United Nations Scientific
Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation / unscharf
=
ill-defined (rad./rmed.)
/ Unterbrechermethode
=
interruptor method (lung
function testing) (rmed.)
/ Unterfüllung
= lining (dentistry:
of tooth cavity) / Untergang
=
death; devitalisation; degradation (tissue,
cells) / untergegangen
= dead; devitalised (tissue;
cells) /
Untergeschoß
=
inferior pole (kidney)
/ Unterhautgewebe
= subcutaneous
tissue; subcutis / Unterlappen
= upper lobe (lung)
/ Unterleibtyphus
= typhoid; typhoid fever; typhus abdominalis, see
typhoid
/ Unterschenkel
= lower leg / UO
= of unknown origin / "uppers"
= amphetamines / Project UPSTART = Use
of Procedural Standardization
to Reduce recognition to
reperfusion Time (cardiol.,
see
http://www.projectupstart.com)
/
uratique
= uratic; "gouty" (deposits of
sodium urate around
joints) / ureum
= urea / chariot d'urgence
= crash trolley; crash cart /
urination
(French) defined: involuntary
voiding, more akin
to (stress)
incontinence; NB the French for urination is
miction / urinebuis
=
urethra / urinekelk
= renal calix / urineleider
= ureter / urinewegen
=
urinary tract / Urinschau = uroscopy / Urinstreifentest
= rapid urine
test; urine strip test; urine dipstick test / uroculture
= urine culture / UROD = ultra rapid detoxification
(drug addiction) / URS
= ureteroscopy, see
KIDNEY
STONES / urticaire
= urticaria; hives; nettlerash / Urtierchen
= protozoon; (plur.)
protozooa / à
usage unique
= disposable /
USP
= United States Pharmacopeia / Uterusexstirpation =
hysterectomy / UTI
= urinary tract infection / UVV
= Unfallverhütungsvorschrift
= (suggest)
accident prevention rules (OSH)
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