A break in the skin; a deep sore; A
sore on the skin surface or on the stomach lining. People with
diabetes may get ulcers from minor scrapes on the feet or legs, from
cuts that heal slowly, or from the rubbing of shoes that do not fit
well. Ulcers can become infected.
Ulcerative
Colitis (UL-sur-ay-tuv koh-LY-tis)
A serious disease that causes ulcers
and irritation in the inner lining of the colon and rectum. See also
Inflammatory Bowel
Disease (IBD).
Upper GI
Series (UH-pur jee-eye SEE-reez)
X-rays of the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum.
The patient swallows barium first. Barium makes the organs show up
on x-rays. Also called barium meal.
Urea
One of the chief waste products of the body.
When the body breaks down food, it uses what it needs and throws the
rest away as waste. The kidneys flush the waste from the body in the
form of urea, which is in the urine.
Urea
Breath Test (yoo-REE-uh breth test)
A test used to detect Helicobacter
pylori infection. The test measures breath samples for
urease, an enzyme H. pylori makes.
Uremia
1 : accumulation in the blood
of constituents normally eliminated in the urine that produces a
severe toxic condition and usually occurs in severe kidney disease. 2 : the toxic bodily condition associated with uremia <the
patient was in ure·mia>
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