A laboratory data abbreviation used for urinalysis or for uric acid.
Usage:
He didn't get the job because he failed the UA. Why did he fail the UA? Well, perhaps the cocaine and marijuana was still in his system from the Sonisphere Festival.
Nuclear medicine. The term is somewhat dated because of the developments in radiopharmaceutical tracers which can now target disease on a molecular level
Usage:
Oh, he's an unclear medicine specialist. Boy, that's a pretty lame dig, huh?
Be careful with this guy. The unit arrived twenty minutes ago and he's been thrashing around and screaming obscenities ever since. Do you have any of those Hannibal Lecter masks?
Urine osmolality (abbreviate as such in charting). Urine osmolality is a measure of urine concentration, in which large values indicate concentrated urine and small values indicate diluted urine. In healthy individuals with restricted fluid intake, urine osmolality should be greater than 800mOsm/Kg, while a 24 hour urine osmolality should average between 500 and 800 mOsm/Kg and a random urine osmolality should average 300 and 900 mOsm/Kg.