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UNIVERSAL DESIGN

a quality of an item or developed surroundings so conceived as to make it maximally usable and comfortable for individuals

UNSPECIFIED MENTAL RETARDATION

the diagnosis rendered whenever a person is assumed to have cognitive retardation but is too seriously handicapped or uncooperative to

UPWARD MOBILITY

the motion of an individual or group onto a higher social class. Upward mobility has a tendency to be an

URO- (UR-)

combining form: urine or the urinary system.

UTILITY

noun. 1. With regard to making decisions and economic theory, the subjective worth of some result to a person in