LATIN TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS Commonly used in Prescription Writing Shantanu Patil

a.c. ante cibum before meals b.i.d. bis in die twice a day b.i.n. ABBREVIATION LATIN TRANSLATION WHAT IT MEANS a.c. ante cibum before meals b.i.d. bis in die twice a day b.i.n. bis in noctus twice a night c cum with cap capsula capsule d dies day

gtt gutta drop h.s. hora somni bedtime I.M. into the muscle I.V. ABBREVIATION LATIN TRANSLATION WHAT IT MEANS gtt gutta drop h.s. hora somni bedtime I.M. into the muscle I.V. into the vein mg milligram ml milliliter noxt at night

dispense as written (no substituting generic or brand name drugs) ABBREVIATION LATIN TRANSLATION WHAT IT MEANS daw dispense as written (no substituting generic or brand name drugs) O.D. oculo dextro right eye O.S. oculo sinistro left eye O.U. oculo utro in each eye p.c. post cibum after meals p.o. per os by mouth

p.r.n. pro re nata as needed pil pilula pill qh quaque hora every hour ABBREVIATION LATIN TRANSLATION WHAT IT MEANS p.r.n. pro re nata as needed pil pilula pill qh quaque hora every hour q 3 h quaque 3 hora every 3 hours qAM every morning qd quaque die daily

q.i.d. quater in die four times a day q.o.d every other day s sine ABBREVIATION LATIN TRANSLATION WHAT IT MEANS q.i.d. quater in die four times a day q.o.d every other day s sine without s.l. under the tongue tab tabella tablet

t.i.d. ter in die three times a day tsp teaspoon tbsp tablespoon ABBREVIATION LATIN TRANSLATION WHAT IT MEANS t.i.d. ter in die three times a day tsp teaspoon tbsp tablespoon ut dict as directed by doctor

REFERENCE Shomon Mary, Deciphering your prescription. Available at: http://thyroid.about.com/cs/thyroiddrugs/a/prescription. htm. Accessed on: 14th April 2011.

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