Category: U

Referring to a fetus that cannot live if born.  

Likely to fall down when walking.  

Referring to something which may change easily.  

Referring to someone who has no qualifications or no licence to practise.  

Action by a professional person such as a doctor or nurse which is considered wrong by the body which regulates the profession.  

A sterile dressing with no antiseptic or other medication on it.  

A person with blood group AB who can receive blood from all the other blood groups. A person belonging to blood type AB, Rh positive, whose serum will not agglutinate the cells of the other ABO blood types. The recipient’s blood must be tested by cross-matching before transfusion to exclude minor antigenic mismatches.  

A person with blood group O, whose blood may be given to anyone. A person whose blood is of the type 0 and Rh negative, which can be used for blood transfusions in most other people. Person with type O, Rh-negative blood; this blood can be used with minimal risk for transfusion to people with…

A single part of a larger whole. A part of a hospital that has a specialised function. A named and agreed standard amount used for measuring something. A quantity of a drug, enzyme, hormone or of blood, taken as a standard for measurement and producing a given effect. A machine or device. The term applied…

A neurone with a single process.