Pharmacy Abbreviations

Question 1

What does STAT mean?

Answer 1

Now

Question 2

What does NOW mean?

Answer 2

Now

Question 3

What does QD mean?

Answer 3

Once Daily

Question 4

What does SID mean?

Answer 4

Once Daily

Question 5

What does BID mean?

Answer 5

Twice Daily

Question 6

What does TID mean?

Answer 6

Three Times Daily

Question 7

What does QID mean?

Answer 7

4 Times Daily

Question 8

What does 5XD mean?

Answer 8

Five Times Daily

Question 9

What does BW mean?

Answer 9

Twice a week

Question 10

What does 3XW mean?

Answer 10

Three Times a week

Question 11

What does 4W mean?

Answer 11

4 Times a week

Question 12

What does 5W mean?

Answer 12

5 times a week

Question 13

What does Q2W mean?

Answer 13

Every Two Weeks

Question 14

What does QOW mean?

Answer 14

Every other week

Question 15

What does 2XM mean?

Answer 15

Twice a month

Question 16

What does 2M mean?

Answer 16

Twice a month

Question 17

What does Q8-10H mean?

Answer 17

Every 8 - 10 Hours

Question 18

What does Q8-12H mean?

Answer 18

Every 8 - 12 Hrs.

Question 18

What does Q812H mean?

Answer 18

Every 8 - 12 Hours

Question 19

What does 6XD mean?

Answer 19

Six times daily

Question 20

What does 12XD mean?

Answer 20

1 to 2 Times Daily

Question 21

What does BTID mean?

Answer 21

2 to 3 times daily

Question 22

What does TQID mean?

Answer 22

3 to 4 Times daily

Question 23

What does QHS mean?

Answer 23

Every day at bedtime

Question 24

What does QOD mean?

Answer 24

Every other day

Question 25

What does QW mean?

Answer 25

Once a week

Question 26

What does QM mean?

Answer 26

Once Every month

Question 27

What does Q1/2H mean?

Answer 27

Every Half Hour

Question 28

What does Q2H mean?

Answer 28

Every 2 hours

Question 29

What does Q3H mean?

Answer 29

Every 3 Hours

Question 30

What does Q4H mean?

Answer 30

Every 4 Hours

Question 31

What does Q5H mean?

Answer 31

Every 5 Hours

Question 32

What does Q6H mean?

Answer 32

Every 6 Hours

Question 33

What does Q8H mean?

Answer 33

Every 8 Hours

Question 34

What does ggt mean?

Answer 34

drops

Question 35

What does ou mean?

Answer 35

Each eye

Question 36

What does au mean?

Answer 36

each ear

Question 37

What does o mean?

Answer 37

Eye

Question 38

What does S mean?

Answer 38

Left

Question 39

What does prn mean?

Answer 39

As needed

Question 40

What does ac mean?

Answer 40

before meals

Question 41

What does pc mean?

Answer 41

After meals

Question 42

What does C mean?

Answer 42

With

Question 43

What does top mean?

Answer 43

Topically

Question 44

What does qam mean?

Answer 44

every morning