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twice daily bib. bibe: drink bis bis: twice b.i.d., b.d. bis in die: twice daily AMA style avoids use of this abbreviation (spell out "twice a day") bis ind. bis indies: twice a day bis in 7 d. bis in septem diebus: twice a week BM bowel movement: commonly used in the United Kingdom when discussing blood sugar.
twice a day / twice daily bis in die gtt., gtts drop(s) gutta(e) h., h hour: hora: qhs, h.s., hs at bedtime or half strength quaque hora somni ii two tablets duos doses iii three tablets trēs doses n.p.o., npo, NPO nothing by mouth / not by oral administration: nil per os o.d., od, OD right eye. once a day (United Kingdom) oculus dexter omne ...
Abbreviation 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.
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").
List of medical abbreviations: Overview; List of medical abbreviations: Latin abbreviations; List of abbreviations for medical organisations and personnel; List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions; List of optometric abbreviations
For prescription medications, the insert is technical, providing information for medical professionals about how to prescribe the drug. Package inserts for prescription drugs often include a separate document called a "patient package insert" with information written in plain language intended for the end-user —the person who will take the ...
While it was once “just” a medication for people with type 2 diabetes, metformin is now thought of as a “wonder drug with multiple potentials,” says David Cutler, M.D., a family medicine ...
Abbreviation Meaning Δ: diagnosis; change: ΔΔ: differential diagnosis (the list of possible diagnoses, and the effort to narrow that list) +ve: positive (as in the result of a test) # fracture: #NOF: fracture to the neck of the femur ℞ (R with crossed tail) prescription: Ψ: psychiatry, psychosis: Σ: sigmoidoscopy: x/12: x number of ...