Prescription Abbreviations w/ ** by those that are error prone
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| a (with a line over top) | before (latin= ante)
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| a.c. | before meals (latin= ante cibum)
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| a.m. | before noon (latin=ante meridiem)
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| b.i.d. | twice a day (latin= bis in die)
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| d | day
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| h | hour (latin= hora)
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| h.s. ** | at hour of sleep (bedtime) (latin=hora somni)
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| noc. | night (latin=noctis)
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| p (with a line over top) | after (latin=post)
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| p.c. | after meals (latin= post cibum)
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| p.m. | afternoon(latin= post meridiem)
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| p.r.n. | as needed (latin= pro re nata)
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| q | every (latin= quaque)
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| q d ** | every day (latin= quaque die)
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| q h | every hour (latin= quaque hora)
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| q 2 h | every 2 hours
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| q.i.d | four times a day (latin= quarter in die)
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| q.o.d ** | every other day (quaque altera die)
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| STAT | immediately (latin= statium)
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| t.i.d | three times a day (latin= ter in die)
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| wk | week
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| yr | year
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| AD ** | right ear (latin= auris dextra)
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| AS ** | Left ear (latin= auris sinistra)
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| AU ** | both ears (latin= aures unitas)
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| ad lib. | as desired (latin= ab libitum)
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| amt | amount
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| aq | water (latin= aqua)
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| (B) (circle around the letter) | bilateral
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| C | Celsius, centigrade
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| c (with a line over top) | with (latin= cum)
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| F | Fahrenheit
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| (m) (circle around the letter) | murmur
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| NPO | nothing by mouth (latin= non per os)
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| OD ** | right eye (latin= oculus dexter)
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| OS ** | left eye (latin= oculus sinister)
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| OU ** | both eyes(latin= oculi unitas)
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| per | by or through
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| p.o. | by mouth (latin= per os)
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| PR | through rectum (latin= per rectum)
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| PV | through vagina (latin= per vagina)
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| q.n.s | quantity not sufficient
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| q.s. | quantity sufficient
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| Rx | recipe, prescription
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| Sig: | label; instruction to the patient (latin= signa)
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| s (with a line over top of it) | without (latin= sine)
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| ss (with a line over top of them) ** | one-half (semis)
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| w.a. | while awake
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| x | times or for
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| > ** | greater than
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| < ** | less than
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| i | one (modified lowercase roman numeral)
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| ii | two (modified lowercase roman numeral)
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| iii | three (modified lowercase roman numeral)
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| iv | four (modified lowercase roman numeral)
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| I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X | uppercase roman numerals 1-10 (arabic numerals are preferred)
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