(interj.) An exclamation expressive of disgust, horror, or recoil. Its utterance is usually accompanied by a shudder.
Example Sentences:
(1) A study was made of twelve cases with uveitis, glaucoma and hyphema (UGH) caused by rigid intraocular posterior chamber implants.
(2) I only put a password on my computer fairly recently, because ugh it’s such a hassle to type it in every time.
(3) Thorn says: ‘ I’ve always thought if Dusty’s voice was a colour, it was silver.’ Photograph: Ian Berry Ugh, all the same old words, and they won’t do, will they?
(4) Posterior iris chafing by the loop or the optic portion of sulcusfixated posterior chamber lens implants may cause a spectrum of disorders that include iris-pigment epithelial "window defects," pigment dispersion with or without elevation of intraocular pressure, intermittent microhyphemas with transient visual obscurations, and the UGH syndrome.
(5) The most common indications for surgery included pseudophakic bullous keratopathy (PBK)--69%, uveitis-glaucoma-hyphema (UGH) syndrome--9%, and IOL instability--7%.
(6) Two groups of sons of alcoholic fathers of differing family pedigrees for alcoholism [multigenerational (MGH) versus unigenerational (UGH)] were compared on measures of cardiovascular reactivity to unavoidable shock under alcohol and no alcohol consumption conditions.
(7) Looking back, I think, ‘Ugh, I probably shouldn’t have done that.’” What was that intention?
(8) The aims of this study were to determine the causes of recurrent upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage (UGH) after distal splenorenal shunting (DSRS) and to summarize our experience in the prevention and management of this complication.
(9) Five patients, all with occluded shunts, underwent surgical treatment for recurrent UGH and three died (60%).
(10) Differences between day, night, and 24-h UGH were studied in 23 children.
(11) Pupillary block glaucoma and UGH syndrome are directly related to the lens.
(12) UGH was significantly higher in acromegalic patients compared with adult controls (p less than 0.001).
(13) The results of a global (general series of 3,270 episodes of upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage (UGH) admitted to our unit between the 15th of April 1983 and the 15th of April 1988 have been analyzed.
(14) You can have your chicken as a quarter, half, whole or wings, with one or two regular sides, such as corn on the cob and coleslaw, or a fino side (ratatouille – ugh!).
(15) We have recently performed lens implant exchange in an eye with cystoid macular edema which suffered recurrent hyphema (UGH syndrome).
(16) Worst game: Ugh – the 1-0 home loss to RSL's reserves late in the season.
(17) To assess the clinical usefulness of urinary growth hormone (UGH) measurements, a UGH determination technique, including dialysis, ultrafiltration, and measurement by polyclonal-coated tube RIA, was established.
(18) He said something along the lines of ‘ugh, you don’t have a beach body.
(19) Occasionally, serious reactions may occur, such as fibrinous exsudates, "toxic lens syndrome", UGH syndrome, and the "intermittent white-out" syndrome.
(20) I often hear people say, "Ugh, the art world is not interested in what I do!"