List of Abbreviations Used in Medical Prescriptions

 

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS USED IN MEDICAL PRESCRIPTIONS ABBREVIATION aa ad a.c. a.d. ad lib. admov. agit alt. h. a.m.m. a.m. amp amt aq a.l., a.s. A.T.C. a.u. bis b.d./b.i.d. B.M. BNF bol. B.S. B.S.A b.t. BUCC cap., caps. c, c. cib. cc cf comp. cr., crm CST

LATIN Ana Ad Ante Cibum Auris Dextra

MEANING Of Each Right Ear Before Meals Right Ear

Ad Libitum Admove Agita Alternis Horis Ad Manu Medicae Ante Meridiem

Use As Much As One Desires; Freely Apply Stir/Shake Every Other Hour At Doctors Hand Morning, Before Noon Ampule Amount Water

Aqua Auris Laeva, Auris Sinistra Auris Utraque Bis Bis In Die

Rbolus

Bucca Capsula Cum Cibus Cum Cibo

D5W D5NS D.A.W. dc, D/C, disc dieb. alt. dil.

Diebus Alternis

Left Ear Around The Clock Both Ears Twice Twice Daily Bowel Movement British National Formulary As A Large Single Dose (Usually Intravenously) Blood Sugar Body Surface Areas Bedtime Inside Cheek Capsule With (Usually Written With A Bar On Top Of The "C") Food With Food, (But Also Cubic Centimetre) With Food Compound Cream Continue Same Treatment Dextrose 5% Solution (Sometimes Written As D5W) Dextrose 5% In Normal Saline (0.9%) Dispense As Written (I.E., No Generic Substitution) Discontinue Or Discharge Every Other Day Dilute

 

disp. div. d.t.d. DTO D.W. elix. e.m.p. emuls. et eod ex aq fl., fld. ft. g gr gtt(s) H h, hr h.s. h.s ID IJ, inj IM IN IP IU IV IVP IVPB L.A.S. LCD lin liq lot. mane M. m, min mcg m.d.u. mEq mg MgSO4 mist. mitte mL MS

Dentur Tales Doses

Ex Modo Prescripto Emulsum Et Ex Aqua Fiat

Gutta(E) Hora Hora Somni

Injectio

Linimentum Liquor Mane Misce Minimum More Dicto Utendus

Mistura Mitte

Dispersible Or Dispense Divide Give Of Such Doses Deodorized Tincture Of Opium Distilled Water Elixir As Directed Emulsion And Every Other Day In Water Fluid Make; Let It Be Made Gram Grain Drop(S) Hypodermic Hour At Bedtime Hour Sleep Or Half-Strength Intradermal Injection Intramuscular (With Respect To Injections) Intranasal Intraperitoneal International Unit Intravenous Intravenous Push Intravenous Piggyback Label As Such Coal Tar Solution Liniment Solution Lotion In The Morning Mix A Minimum Microgram To Be Used As Directed Milliequivalent Milligram Magnesium Sulfate Mix Send Millilitre Morphine Sulfate Or Magnesium Or Magnesium Sulfate

 

MSO4 nebul N.M.T. noct. non rep. NS 1/2NS N.T.E. o_2 od od om on o.p.d. o.s. o.u. oz per p.c. pig./pigm. p.m. p.o. p.r. PRN, prn pulv. PV q q.a.d. q.a.m. q.d.s. q.p.m. q.h. q.h.s.

Nebula Nocte Non Repetatur

Omne In Die Oculus Dexter Omne Mane Omne Nocte Oculus Sinister Oculus Uterque Per Post Cibum Pigmentum Post Meridiem Per Os Per Rectum Pro Re Nata Pulvis Per Vaginam Quaque Quaque Alternis Die Quaque Die Ante Meridiem Quater Die Sumendus Quaque Die Post Meridiem Quaque Hora Quaque Hora Somni

q.1 h, q.1°

Quaque 1 Hora

q.d., q1d q.i.d. q4PM q.o.d. qqh q.s. QWK R rep., rept.

Quaque Die Quater In Die

Quater Quaque Hora Quantum Sufficiat

Repetatur

Morphine Sulfate A Spray Not More Than At Night No Repeats Normal Saline (0.9%) Half Normal Saline (0.45%) Not To Exceed Both Eyes, Sometimes Written As O2  Every Day/Once Daily Right Eye Every Morning Every Night Once Per Day Left Eye Both Eyes Ounce By Or Through After Meals Paint Or Afternoon Evening By Mouth Or Orally By Rectum As Needed Powder Via The Vagina Every, Per Every Other Day Every Day Before Noon Four Times A Day Every Day After Noon Every Hour Every Night At Bedtime Every 1 Hour; (Can Replace "1" With Other Numbers) Every Day Four Times A Day At 4pm Every Other Day Every Four Hours A Sufficient Quantity Every Week Rectal Repeats

 

RL, R/L s s.a. SC, subc, subcut, subq, SQ sig SL sol s.o.s., si op. sit ss s.i.d/SID

Sine Secundum Artum

Subcutaneous Signa Solutio Si Opus Sit Semis Semel In Die

SSI, SSRI SNRI (antidepressant) SSRI (antidepressant) stat supp susp syr tab tal., t tbsp troche t.d.s. t.i.d. t.i.w. top. T.P.N. tr, tinc., tinct. tsp

Statim Suppositorium Syrupus Tabella Talus Trochiscus Ter Die Sumendum Ter In Die

U

μg 

u.d., ut. dict. ung. U.S.P. vag w w/a wf w/o X Y.O.

Ringer's Lactate Without (Usually Written With A Bar On Top Of The "S") Use Your Judgement

Ut Dictum Unguentum

Write On Label Sublingually, Under The Tongue Solution If There Is A Need One Half Or Sliding Scale Once A Day Sliding Scale Insulin Or Sliding Scale Regular Insulin Serotonin –Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitor Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (A Specific Class Of Antidepressant) Immediately Suppository Suspension Syrup Tablet Such Tablespoon Lozenge Three Times A Day Three Times A Day Three Times A Week Topical Total Parenteral Nutrition Tincture Teaspoon Unit Microgram As Directed Ointment United States Pharmacopoeia Vaginally With While Awake With Food (With Meals) Without Times Years Old