UTI

UTI

See also: uti, úti, üti, utī, -uti, and u'ti

English

Noun

UTI (plural UTIs)

  1. (medicine) Initialism of urinary tract infection.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Initialism of unidade de terapia intensiva and unidade de tratamento intensivo.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌuˌteˈi/

Noun

UTI f (plural UTIs)

  1. (Brazil) ICU
    Synonym: (Portugal) UCI
    • 2013, Clarice Falcão, “A Gente Voltou [We’re Back Together]”, in Monomania‎[1]:
      Médicos nas UTIs / Larguem seus bisturis / Que a gente voltou
      Doctors in the ICUs, drop your scalpels, we’re back together

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