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Question | Answer |
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aa | of each/ affected area |
a.c. | before meals |
ad | up to |
a.d. | right ear |
ad lib. | as desired |
a.l. | left ear |
a.m. | morning |
aq. | water |
aq. dest | distilled water |
a.s. | left ear |
a.u. | each ear |
bid | twice daily |
b.m. | bowel movement |
b.p. | blood pressure |
C | one hundred |
c | with |
caps | capsules |
comp | compound |
d | day |
dil | dilute |
disp. | dispense |
div | divide |
d.t.d | give of such a dose |
el., elix | elixir |
et | and |
Gm | gram |
gr. | grain |
gtt, or gtt | drop, drops |
h. | hour |
h.s. | at bedtime |
IM | intramuscular |
IV | intravenously |
liq. | liquid |
M | mix |
m. | as directed |
mixt, mist | a mixture |
no. | number |
noc | night |
non rep | not to be repeated |
O | a pint |
od | right eye |
ol, os | left eye |
ou | each eye |
pc, pos cib | after meals |
PM | evening |
PO | orally |
pr | rectally |
prn | as needed |
pulv | powder |
q | every |
qam | every morning |
qd | everyday |
qh | every hour |
qid | four times daily |
qod | every other day |
qpm | every night |
qs | quality sufficient |
qv | as much as you wish |
Rx | make a recipe |
rep | let it be repeated |
s | without |
sa | according to art |
sig | label |
sol | solution |
sq | subcutaneous |
ss | one half |
sos | if there is a need |
stat | immediately |
subq | subcutaneously |
supp | suppository |
sry | syrup |
tab | tablet |
tid | three times daily |
tr | tincture |
trit | triturate |
ung | ointment |
UT, Dict, ud | as directed |
w.a. | while awake |
x | ten |
a, an | lacking |
ab | away from |
ambi | both |
amphi | around |
ana | up |
ante, anti | oppose |
apo | separation |
bi | two |
brady | slow |
cata | down, against |
contra | against, opposed |
de | away from |
di | two |
dia | through |
dis | apart from, free from |
dys | difficult |
e, ec,ex,es | away from |
ecto | outside |
erythro | red |
extra | beyond |
glyco | sweet, sugar |
hemi | half |
hyper | excess |
hypo | deficiency |
idio | individual |
infra | below |
intra | within |
juxta | of close proximity |
lepto | thin |
macro | large |
meg | huge |
mesa | middle |
micro | very small |
omni | all |
pachy | thinkening |
para | near |
per | through |
peri | around |
phaco | denoting eye lens |
poly | excessive |
post | after |
pre | before |
pro | in front of |
psuedo | false |
py, pyo | denoting pus |
pyr, pyreto | fever |
re | again |
retro | backward |
sclero | hardening |
semi | half |
skeleto | denoting the skeleton |
steno | narrow |
sub | beneath |
super/supra | above |
sym | with |