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abbreviation meanings
Question | Answer |
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n | at night or nocte |
narist. | nasal drops or naristillae |
neb. | a spray or nebule |
n.f. | National Formulary |
non. deb. | do not repeat or non repetatur |
n s | normal saline |
O | pint or octarius |
occulent | eye ointment or oculentum |
o | eye or oculus |
o.d. | right eye or oculus dexter |
o.l. | left eye or oculus laevus |
o.s. | left eye or oculus sinister |
o.u. | both eyes, each eye, or oculus utro |
o. m. | every morning or omni mane |
p.a.a. | to be applied, to be affected, or parti affectae applicandus |
per os | by mouth or per os |
p.c. | after meals or post cibus |
p.r. | per rectum |
p.r.n. | as needed or pro re nata |
pulv. | powder or pulvis |
q.i.d. | four times a day or quater in die |
q. | each, every, or quaque |
q.d. | every day or quaque die |
q.h. | every hour or quaque hora |
q.s. | a sufficient quantity or quantum sufficiat |
q.s. ad | a sufficient quantity to make or quantum sufficiat ad |
non rep. | no repeats |
nr | no refills |
oint | ointment |
oz. | ounce |
pm | afternoon or evening |
p o | by mouth |
pfs | puffs |
q.a.m. | every day before noon |
q.h.s. | every night at bedtimes |
q.o.d. | every other day |
q.p.m. | every day after noon |