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This is a list of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions, including hospital orders (the patient-directed part of which is referred to as sig codes). This list does not include abbreviations for pharmaceuticals or drug name suffixes such as CD, CR, ER, XT (See Time release technology § List of abbreviations for those).
OM osteomyelitis: otitis media: om: every morning (from Latin omni mane). Generally written in lowercase. OME: otitis media with effusion (fluid in the inner ear without other symptoms) OMS Opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome: on: every night (from Latin omni nocte). Generally written in lowercase. O/N: overnight OOB: out of bed OP: outpatient ...
The main discussion of these abbreviations in the context of drug prescriptions and other medical prescriptions is at List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions. Some of these abbreviations are best not used, as marked and explained here.
List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions; List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes; Medical dictionary; Medical slang; Abbreviation#Style conventions in English; Acronym and initialism#Orthographic styling
Prescription-only medicine prn When required q Every (e.g. q2h – every two hours) qds/qid Four times a day Rx Prescription tds/tid Three times a day ung
Modern prescriptions are actually extemporaneous prescriptions (from the Latin ex tempore, 'at/from the time'), [46] meaning that the prescription is written on the spot for a specific patient with a specific ailment. This is distinguished from a non-extemporaneous prescription that is a generic recipe for a general ailment.
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Acronyms Diseases and disorders CA Cancer: CACH Childhood ataxia with central nervous system hypomyelination (see vanishing white matter disease) : CAD Coronary artery disease