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IU

American  
  1. immunizing unit.

  2. Also I.U. international unit.


IU British  

abbreviation

  1. immunizing unit

  2. international unit

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The 2,000 IU used in the Augusta study is much higher than the recommended daily intake of 600 IU for adults under 70 and 800 IU for older adults.

From Science Daily • Oct. 22, 2025

“The IU football team, it’s a real team,” Hoosier quarterback Fernando Mendoza said after flattening the Niketown Waterfowl.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025

In a delightful bit of magical TV storytelling, K-pop superstar IU plays both the young adult Ae-sun and later her own grown daughter.

From Salon • Jun. 28, 2025

The two-and-a-half-hour show ended with a half-hour encore, during which IU scanned the crowd for fan-made signs of songs they wanted to hear.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2024

“I mean, it’s less than half of what IU would cost,” which was the state school a couple hours south of us in Bloomington.

From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green