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Unit
2. A group of persons or things considered to be a whole because of common activities or functions.
3. An amount that has been specified as a standard of measurement, weight, or any type of scale or system that is formed by multiplication or fractions. An example would be a gram, which is a unit of weight.
4. An area of a hospital that has personnel and equipment that are capable of treating patients with a particular condition, illness, or other common problem.
5. A specific amount of a substance that is needed to produce a desired effect. In this sense, unit is abbreviated as "U." A unit's value will differ depending on the type of substance (such as a medication) that it is being used to describe.
Unit comes from the Latin word "unus" meaning "one."
1. One. In other words, it can mean a single item, thing, or person.
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