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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.
once per day o.s. oculus sinister: left eye o can be mistaken as an a which could read "a.s.", meaning left ear o.u. oculus uterque: both eyes o can be mistaken as an a which could read "a.u.", meaning both ears oz ounce p. perstetur: continue part. æq. partes æquales: equal parts per: per: by or through p.c. post cibum: after meals p.c.h.s ...
Pronunciation follows convention outside the medical field, in which acronyms are generally pronounced as if they were a word (JAMA, SIDS), initialisms are generally pronounced as individual letters (DNA, SSRI), and abbreviations generally use the expansion (soln. = "solution", sup. = "superior").
per-through Latin per, through, by means of percutaneous peri-denoting something with a position 'surrounding' or 'around' another Greek περῐ́ (perí), around, about, concerning periodontal-pexy: fixation Greek πῆξις (pêxis), fixing in place, fastening nephropexy: phaco-lens-shaped Greek φᾰκός (phakós), lentil-bean
Examples of these include some sleep aid tablets such as diphenhydramine, human deworming tablets such as mebendazole, painkillers with small amounts of codeine (up to 12.8 mg per tablet), and pseudoephedrine. Medication available only with a prescription is marked somewhere on the box/container with [POM]. Pharmacy-only products are marked ...
The serving size is simply the amount of the food that the label’s nutritional information applies to. According to the FDA , “the serving size reflects the amount that people typically eat or ...
This category is reserved for articles which are descriptions of terms used in Pharmacy and which don't belong to any other category, such as the name of a disease or a medical test. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
Unit alcohol content per container (mandatory), and per serving (optional). Typical servings deliver 1–3 units of alcohol. [47] Chief Medical Officer's daily guidelines for lower-risk consumption; Pregnancy warning (in text or as a graphic) Mention of "drinkaware.co.uk" (optional) Responsibility statement (e.g., "please drink responsibly ...