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  2. List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions - Wikipedia

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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).

  3. Meaning [1] Latin (or Neo-Latin) origin [1] a.c. before meals: ante cibum a.d., ad, AD right ear auris dextra a.m., am, AM morning: ante meridiem: nocte every night Omne Nocte a.s., as, AS left ear auris sinistra a.u., au, AU both ears together or each ear aures unitas or auris uterque b.d.s, bds, BDS 2 times a day bis die sumendum b.i.d., bid, BID

  4. List of medical abbreviations: S - Wikipedia

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    Meaning s̅: without (s with an overbar) (from Latin sine) S: sacrum: S x: symptoms surgery (though deemed by some as inappropriate) S 1: first heart sound: S 2: second heart sound: S 3: third heart sound S 4: fourth heart sound S&O: salpingo-oophorectomy Sb: Scholar batch SAAG: serum–ascites albumin gradient SAB: staphylococcal bacteremia

  5. List of medical abbreviations: Q - Wikipedia

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    Meaning q: each, every (from Latin quaque) q15: every 15 minutes q6h q6° once every 6 hours q2wk: once every 2 weeks qAc Before every meal (from Latin quaque ante cibum) q.a.d. every other day (from Latin quaque altera die) QALY: quality-adjusted life year: q.AM: every day before noon (from Latin quaque die ante meridiem) q.d. every day (from ...

  6. Medical prescription - Wikipedia

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    [citation needed] Prescriptions also contain directions for the patient to follow when taking the drug. These directions are printed on the label of the pharmaceutical product. The word prescription , from pre- ('before') and script ('writing, written'), refers to the fact that the prescription is an order that must be written down before a ...

  7. List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes - Wikipedia

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    Meaning Origin language and etymology Example(s) halluc-to wander in mind Latin ālūcinor, to wander in mind hallucinosis, hallucination hem(at)-, haem(ato)-of or pertaining to blood: Latin hæma [citation needed], from Greek αἷμα, αἱματ-(grc), blood hematology, older form haematology: hema-, hemo-blood Greek αἷμα, (grc), blood

  8. Number needed to treat - Wikipedia

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    The number needed to treat (NNT) or number needed to treat for an additional beneficial outcome (NNTB) is an epidemiological measure used in communicating the effectiveness of a health-care intervention, typically a treatment with medication. The NNT is the average number of patients who need to be treated to prevent one additional bad outcome.

  9. List of medical abbreviations: N - Wikipedia

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    number needed to harm: NNT: number needed to treat: NO: nitric oxide: No. number NOF: neck of femur fracture (refers to hip fracture) NOMI: nonocclusive mesenteric ischemia Non rep. do not repeat NOS: nitric oxide synthase; not otherwise specified: NPA: nasal pharyngeal aspirate: NPH: normal pressure hydrocephalus: Npl: neoplasm: NP: Nurse ...