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take (often effectively a noun meaning "prescription"—medical prescription or prescription drug) rep. repetatur: let it be repeated s. signa: write (write on the label) s.a. secundum artem: according to the art (accepted practice or best practice) SC subcutaneous "SC" can be mistaken for "SL," meaning sublingual. See also SQ: sem. semen seed ...
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
SOS si opus sit "if there is need", "if occasion require", "if necessary" [7] A prescription indication that the drug is to be administered only once. sic: sic "thus" Used when quoting text that contains some form of mistake, to show that the mistake was in the original work and is not a misquotation.
The letters SOS have been used as a code for emergency since 1905. But what does SOS mean exactly? The post What SOS Stands For and Where It Came From appeared first on Reader's Digest.
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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
The oldest known medical prescription text was found at Ebla, in modern Syria, and dates back to around 2500 BCE. [47] [48] [49] Modern prescriptions are actually extemporaneous prescriptions (from the Latin ex tempore, 'at/from the time'), [50] meaning that the prescription is written on the spot for a specific patient with a specific ailment ...
Ozempic and Wegovy are brand medications of the same generic name: semaglutide. They are prescription GLP-1 agonists that promote weight loss by slowing digestion and reducing appetite, says Lee ...