Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Upper
At the top, higher.
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Unwanted pregnancy
A condition in which a woman becomes pregnant without wanting to have a child.
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Unviable
Referring to a fetus that cannot live if born.
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Unsteady
Likely to fall down when walking.
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Unstable
Referring to something which may change easily.
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Unqualified
Referring to someone who has no qualifications or no licence to practise.
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Unprofessional conduct
Action by a professional person such as a doctor or nurse which is considered wrong by the body which regulates the profession.
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Unmedicated dressing
A sterile dressing with no antiseptic or other medication on it.
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Universal recipient
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.
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Universal donor
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…
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