Change: Pertaining to radiography, the term unabsorbed refers to that portion of the X-ray beam that traverses the patient and does not interact with the patient’s tissues. These X-ray photons pass through the patient unaffected and expose the X-ray film, thereby contributing to the creation of the radiographic image.uncontrolled area   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 911)

Change: Salt of uric acid.urea(yoo-re´a) The chief nitrogenous waste product of protein catabolism in the urine, formed in the liver from amino acids. uremia(yoo-re´me-a) The retention of urea and other products of protein catabolism as a result of inadequate kidney function. uresis (yoo-re'sis) Discharge of urine; urination.ureter   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 849)

Change: (ul'ser) Open, suppurating sore occurring on surface of skin or a mucous membrane, as distinguished from an abscess which is a lesion of deep-seated origin.ulnaThe medial and longer of the two bones in the forearmulnarThis is the preferred term for   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 618)

Change: Light that is located at the short end of the electromagnetic spectrum between visible light and ionising X-rays; it is beyond the range of human vision.umbilical regionIn the region of the umbilicus (see hypochondriac, epigastric, lumbar, inguinal and hypogastric) umbilical cord(um-bi´li-kal) A cordlike structure   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 578)

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