Category: Medical Prescription (146 entries)

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g 1/2NS a.c. a.d. a.l., a.s. a.m. A.T.C. a.u. aa ad ad lib. admov. agit alt. h. aq b.d./b.i.d.

microgram half normal saline (0.45%) ante cibum - before meals auris dextra - right ear auris laeva, auris sinistra - left ear ante meridiem - morning, before noon around the clock auris utraque - both ears ana - of each ad - up to ad libitum - use as much as one desires; freely admove - apply agita - stir/shake alternis horis - every other hour aqua - water bis in die - twice daily

cc CF cib. comp. cr., crm CST D.A.W. d.t.d. D.W. D5NS D5W dc, D/C, disc dieb. alt. dil. disp. div.

Cum Cibo (with food) Consume with Food cibus - food compound cream Continue same treatment dispense as written (i.e., no generic substitution) dentur tales doses - give of such doses distilled water dextrose 5% in normal saline (0.9%) dextrose 5% solution (sometimes written as D5W) discontinue or discharge diebus alternis - every other day dilute dispersible or dispense divide

e.m.p. elix. emuls. et ex aq fl., fld. ft. gr gtt h, hr h.s h.s. HS IJ, inj IM IN IP

ex modo prescripto - as directed elixir emulsum - emulsion et - and ex aqua - in water fluid fiat - make; let it be made grain Gutta (drops) hora - hour hour sleep or half-strength Hora Somni (at bedtime) Half Strength injectio - injection intramuscular (with respect to injections) intranasal intraperitoneal

IRP IVPB JDD L.A.S. LCD lin liq lot. m, min M. m.d.u. mane mist. mitte mL MS MSO4

International Reference Preparation intravenous piggyback Journal of Drugs in Dermatology label as such coal tar solution linimentum - liniment liquor - solution lotion minimum - a minimum misce - mix more dicto utendus - to be used as directed mane - in the morning mistura - mix mitte - send millilitre morphine sulfateormagnesium sulfate morphine sulfate

N.M.T. N.T.E. nebul NKDA noct. non rep. NS o.p.d. o.s. o.u. od od om on OTC o_2 p.c. p.m.

not more than not to exceed nebula - a spray No Known Drug Allergies nocte - at night non repetatur - no repeats normal saline (0.9%) once per day oculus sinister - left eye oculus uterque - both eyes oculus dexter - right eye omne in die - every day/once daily (preferred to qd in the UK[3]) omne mane - every morning omne nocte - every night Over-The-Counter both eyes, sometimes written as o2 post cibum - after meals post meridiem - evening or afternoon

p.o. p.r. per pig./pigm. PRN pulv. PV q q.1h, q.1 q.a.d. q.a.m. q.d., q1d q.d.s. q.h. q.h.s. q.i.d. q.o.d.

per os - by mouth or orally per rectum - by rectum per - by or through pigmentum - paint Pro Re Nata - as needed pulvis - powder per vaginam - via the vagina quaque - every quaque 1 hora - every 1 hour; (can replace "1" with other numbers) quoque alternis die - every other day quaque die ante meridiem - every day before noon quaque die - every day quater die sumendus - four times a day quaque hora - every hour quaque hora somni - every night at bedtime quattuor in die - four times a day every other day

q.p.m. q.s. q4PM qqh R rep., rept. RL, R/L s s.a. s.o.s., si op. sit SC, subc, subcut, subq, SQ sig SL sol ss SSI, SSRI stat

quaque die post meridiem - every day after noon quantum sufficiat - a sufficient quantity at 4pm quater quaque hora - every four hours rectal repetatur - repeats Ringer's lactate sine - without (usually written with a bar on top of the "s") secundum artum - use your judgement si opus sit - if there is a need subcutaneous write on label Sub-Lingually (under the tongue) solutio - solution semis - one half or sliding scale sliding scale insulin or sliding scale regularinsulin statim - immediately

supp susp syr t.d.s. t.i.d. t.i.w. T.P.N. tab tal., t top. tr, tinc., tinct. troche u.d., ut. dict. U.S.P. ung. vag VMP wf

suppositorium - suppository suspension syrupus - syrup ter die sumendum - three times a day ter in die - three times a day three times a week total parenteral nutrition tabella - tablet talus - such topical tincture trochiscus - lozenge ut dictum - as directed United States Pharmacopoeia unguentum - ointment vaginally Velcade, Melphalan, Prednisone with food (with meals)

Y.O.

years old