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Sig codes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a. | before |
| A.M. | morning |
| aa | of each |
| AA | affected area |
| ac | before meals |
| a.c. | before meals |
| AD | right ear |
| ad | up to;to make |
| ad lib | freely, at pleasure |
| admin | administer |
| ampul. | an ampul |
| Apl | applicatorful |
| app | apply |
| aq. | water |
| AS | left ear |
| ATC | around the clock |
| AU | both ears |
| BID | Twice a day |
| b.i.d. | twice a day |
| c | with |
| cap. | capsule,capsules |
| caps. | capsule,capsules |
| cc | with meals, food |
| d.t.d. | give of such doses |
| DTD | five of such doses |
| daily | every day |
| d | day |
| dil. | dilute |
| disp. | dispense |
| div. | divide |
| dos. | dose |
| ft. | make |
| ft. | let them be made |
| gt. | drop or drops |
| gtt. | drop or drops |
| gtts | drops |
| h | hour |
| hr. | hour |
| h.s. | before bed/sleep |
| HS | before bed/sleep |
| ID | intradermal |
| IM | intramuscular |
| inhal. | inhalation |
| IT | intrathecal |
| IV | intravenous |
| M. | you mix |
| min. | minute |
| neb | nebulizer |
| nebul. | a spray or mist |
| no. | number |
| noct. | at night |
| NPO | nothing by mouth |
| NR | do not repeat |
| o.u. | each eye |
| O.U. | each eye |
| o.d. | in the right eye |
| o.s. | in the left eye |
| O.S. | in the left eye |
| q(#)h | every # hours |
| qh | every hour |
| p.c. | after food, after meals |
| PC | after food, after meals |
| p.r.n. | as occasion arises |
| per diem | per day |
| placebo | I please |
| P.M. | evening |
| PO | by mouth |
| ppt. | precipitated |
| PR | rectally |
| PRN | as needed |
| PV | vaginally |
| q | every |
| qAM | every morning |
| q.i.d. | four times a day |
| q.s. | a sufficient quanity |
| QS | a sufficient quanity |
| q.s. ad | a sufficient quanity to make |
| qh | every hours |
| QOD | on alternate days |
| pulv | powder |
| rect. | rectally |
| rep. | repeate |
| Rx. | take thou |
| s. | without |
| SL | sublingual |
| sig. | write, let it be written |
| sol. | solution |
| ss | one half |
| STAT | immediately |
| stat. | immediately |
| subQ. | subcutaneously |
| SC | subqutaneousley |
| suppos. | suppositories |
| tab. | tablet |
| t.i.d. | three times a day |
| TID | three times a day |
| top. | topically |
| ung. | an ointment |
| ungt. | an ointment |
| ut dict. | as directed |
| UD | as directed |
| UTD | as directed |
| V | vaginally |
| wk. | week |
| w/o | without |
| wc | with meals |
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