Medical Terminology / Unit 15 MedTerm 0966 short lesson, about 20 seconds
U Misread as Zero
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The idea
The abbreviation U, for unit, is error-prone because a handwritten U can be read as a zero or a four.
In practice
The recommendation is that the word unit is written out in full.
Where people slip
This entry names why a written form is misread. It states nothing about any quantity.
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