KUB
Noun
Meaning
KUB
(medicine) Initialism of (radiographic study of) kidneys, ureters and bladder.
Examples
According to this theory, Cybernis was the KUB of the first coin legends, dated to the window, 520-500.
It will relace an older air defense system called 2K12 Kub that was a Soviet-era design.
The KUB is also used to assess positioning of indwelling devices such as ureteric stents and nasogastric tubes.
Coin Series I of the British Museum, bearing the KUB, is dated by Hill to the window 520-480, somewhat less precisely than the 520-500.
KUB is also done as a scout film for other procedures such as barium enemas.
The KUB is often used to diagnose constipation as stool can be seen readily.