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rx code 4
abbreviation meanings
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |