Palabras que empiezan con U

A word ending that means a condition of the urine or of urinating.

A Latin noun ending found on many body structures and things, such as bronchus and thrombus.

An abbreviation for "unit" that must not be used in medication orders; write "unit" in full.

A small, rounded wave that sometimes follows the T wave on an ECG.

A sterile drape with a long U-shaped cut-out at one end, laid so its two tails wrap around a limb, a hip or a shoulder.

Unlicensed assistive personnel: trained workers without a nursing license, such as nursing assistants, who help with client care.

An abbreviation with two common meanings: ulcerative colitis or uterine contractions; the setting shows which.

An abbreviation for "as directed" (Latin ut dictum) that ISMP advises against; write "as directed."

An open sore where the skin or the lining of an organ has broken down.

A long-term inflammatory bowel disease that affects the inner lining of the colon and rectum.

A nerve of the brachial plexus that runs down the inner side of the arm, behind the elbow, to the little-finger side of the hand.

An ultra-low penetration air filter, which traps nearly all particles down to about 0.12 micron, as in a smoke evacuator.

A word beginning that means beyond or more than.

A machine that sends high-frequency sound waves through a detergent bath, where collapsing bubbles pull fine soil out of instruments.

A cutting and sealing device whose blade vibrates at ultrasonic speed, coagulating vessels as it cuts with no current through the patient.

An imaging test that uses high-frequency sound waves to make pictures of the inside of the body.

Relating to the umbilicus, the navel; the umbilical region is the central square of the abdomen, around the navel.

The cord that connects the unborn baby to the placenta, carrying oxygen and nutrients to the baby and wastes away.

A condition in which the umbilical cord slips through the cervix ahead of or beside the fetus's presenting part.

A narrow, flat cotton tape passed around a vessel, duct or other structure to lift it and hold it aside.

The navel: the scar in the middle of the abdomen where the umbilical cord was attached before birth.

A state in which a person is not awake or aware and cannot respond normally to voice, touch or what is around them.

An absorbent pad placed under a client to protect the skin and bed from urine, stool or drainage.

An assessment result that is not what would be expected for this client's condition, age or treatment.

A word beginning that means one or single.

On or affecting only one side of the body.

The Joint Commission's three-step routine for preventing wrong-site, wrong-procedure and wrong-person surgery: verification, site marking and the time-out.

The outer zone of the surgical suite, where street clothes are allowed and traffic is not limited.

Describes a client whose condition is changing quickly or is hard to predict.

A feeling of being off balance or likely to fall while standing or walking.

Not sterile: carrying, or possibly carrying, living microorganisms, so it must not touch a sterile item or the sterile field.

An infection of the nose, sinuses, throat or voice box, such as the common cold.

A word part that means urine or the urinary tract.

A waste product the liver makes when it breaks down protein, which the kidneys remove in urine.

One of the two tubes that carry urine from the kidneys down to the bladder.

A word root that means ureter, one of the two tubes that carry urine from the kidneys to the bladder.

Looking inside the ureter and renal pelvis with a thin scope passed up through the urethra and bladder, to diagnose and treat stones, narrowings and tumors.

A word part that means the urethra, the tube that carries urine out of the body from the bladder.

The tube that carries urine from the bladder out of the body.

An instrument with a blade that cuts a narrowed, scarred part of the urethra (a stricture) from inside to open it.

A sudden, strong need to pass urine that is hard to put off.

A waste product made when the body breaks down purines, measured with a blood test.

A lab test of a urine sample that looks at its color, clarity, chemicals and cells.

Having to do with urine or with the organs that make, store and pass urine.

A thin, flexible tube passed through the urethra into the bladder to drain urine.

Leaking of urine that a person cannot control.

The opening at the end of the urethra through which urine leaves the body.

Being unable to empty the bladder completely, or at all.

The organs that make, store and pass urine: the kidneys, ureters, bladder and urethra.

The organs that make, carry, store and pass urine: the kidneys, ureters, bladder and urethra.