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once daily in the morning q.d.p.m. quaque die post meridiem: once daily in the evening q.d.s. quater die sumendus: 4 times a day can be mistaken for "qd" (every day) q.p.m. quaque die post meridiem: every evening (every day after noon) q.h. quaque hora: every hour q.h.s. quaque hora somni: every night at bedtime
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 Latin quaque die) q.d.s. four times each day (from Latin quater die ...
Abbrev. Meaning Latin (or Neo-Latin) origin ; a.c. before meals: ante cibum a.d., ad, AD right ear auris dextra a.m., am, AM morning: ante meridiem: nocte every night ...
6WK - six times a week 5WK - five times a week 4WK - four times a week 3WK - three times a week 2WK - twice a week. I dispute this, more likely "1 qds for 2wk" meaning 1 taken 4 times a day for 2 weeks. QWK - once a week. Needs verifying common abbreviation. 2MT - twice a month.
Abbreviations are used very frequently in medicine. They boost efficiency as long as they are used intelligently. The advantages of brevity should be weighed against the possibilities of obfuscation (making the communication harder for others to understand) and ambiguity (having more than one possible interpretation).
Sortable table 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)
The prescription symbol, ℞, as printed on the blister pack of a prescription drug. A prescription, often abbreviated ℞ or Rx, is a formal communication from a physician or other registered healthcare professional to a pharmacist, authorizing them to dispense a specific prescription drug for a specific patient.
once daily (from Latin omne in die) right eye (from Latin oculus dexter) overdose occupational disease: od: every day, usually regarded as once daily (from Latin omni die). Sometimes written in lowercase. ODC: ornithine decarboxylase OE: otitis externa: O/E: on examination: OFC: orbitofrontal cortex: OGTT: oral glucose tolerance test: OHL: oral ...