SHU

• IPA^(key): /ʃuː/, /ˈɛs ˈ(h)eɪtʃ ˈjuː/
• Rhymes: -uː
• Homophones: shoe, shoo

SHU (plural SHU's or SHUs)

1. Initialism of Scoville heat unit.
2. Acronym of security housing unit.
   • 2018, Tayari Jones, An American Marriage, Oneworld Publications, page 200:

     He picked a fight on the yard and got himself put into the SHU the day before my release.

3. Acronym of segregated housing unit.
4. Acronym of special housing unit.
5. (Canada) Acronym of special handling unit.

• (security housing unit or special handling unit): administrative segregation, ad-seg, block (UK), box, cooler (UK), hotbox, hole, lockdown, pound, SCU, solitary confinement

• uhs, USH, HUS, Suh, suh, ush, HUs, Hsü, Hsu, UHS, Hus

SHU f

1. (pathology) HUS; initialism of (Brazil) síndrome hemolítico-urêmica or (Portugal) síndrome hemolítico-urémica (“hemolytic-uremic syndrome”)