Sig Abbreviations

Question 0

PRN =

Answer 0

As needed

Question 1

BID =

Answer 1

Twice daily

Question 2

qd =

Answer 2

Daily

Question 3

q4h / q4 =

Answer 3

Every 4 hrs.

Question 4

qid =

Answer 4

Four times daily

Question 5

qod =

Answer 5

Every other day

Question 6

tid =

Answer 6

Three times a day

Question 7

ac =

Answer 7

Before meals

Question 8

hs =

Answer 8

At bedtime

Question 9

pc =

Answer 9

After meals

Question 10

au

Answer 10

Both ears

Question 11

as

Answer 11

Left ear

Question 12

ad

Answer 12

Right ear

Question 13

ou

Answer 13

Both eyes

Question 14

od

Answer 14

Right eye

Question 15

so

Answer 15

Left eye

Question 16

po

Answer 16

per os, (by mouth)

Question 17

c

Answer 17

With

Question 18

sl

Answer 18

Sublingual

Question 19

top

Answer 19

Topically

Question 20

a

Answer 20

Before

Question 21

aa

Answer 21

Of each

Question 22

ad lib

Answer 22

As much as desired

Question 23

alt hor

Answer 23

Every other hour

Question 24

aq dest

Answer 24

Distilled water

Question 25

C, cong

Answer 25

Gallon

Question 26

Cap

Answer 26

capsule

Question 27

cc

Answer 27

cubic centimeter (another term for mL)

Question 28

dil

Answer 28

Dilute

Question 29

Dtd

Answer 29

Give such doses

Question 30

elix

Answer 30

Elixir

Question 31

emuls

Answer 31

emulsion

Question 32

et

Answer 32

and

Question 33

ex aq

Answer 33

in water

Question 34

ext

Answer 34

extract

Question 35

fld

Answer 35

Fluid

Question 36

ft

Answer 36

make

Question 37

gel

Answer 37

A gel, jelly

Question 38

g

Answer 38

gram

Question 39

gr

Answer 39

grain

Question 40

gtt

Answer 40

a drop

Question 41

IM

Answer 41

intramuscular

Question 42

IV

Answer 42

Intravenous

Question 43

L

Answer 43

liter

Question 44

lin

Answer 44

liniment (Oily liquid prep. To be used on the skin)

Question 45

liq

Answer 45

liquid, solution

Question 46

lot

Answer 46

Lotion

Question 47

M

Answer 47

mix

Question 48

mist, mixt

Answer 48

Mixture

Question 49

mL

Answer 49

milliliter

Question 50

nebul

Answer 50

A spray

Question 51

non rep

Answer 51

not to be repeated

Question 52

npo

Answer 52

nothing by mouth

Question 53

O, o

Answer 53

pint

Question 54

P

Answer 54

after

Question 55

part aeq

Answer 55

equal parts

Question 56

pil

Answer 56

pill

Question 57

placebo

Answer 57

I please (inert substitute)

Any dummy medical treatment, originally a medicinal prep. Having no specific pharmacological activity against the patients illness or complaint given solely for the psychophysiological effects of the treatment, more recently, a dummy treatment administered to the control group in a controlled clinical trial in order that the specific and nonspecific effects of the experimental treatment can be distinguished.

Question 58

pr

Answer 58

rectally

Question 59

pulv

Answer 59

powder

Question 60

q

Answer 60

every

Question 61

qh

Answer 61

every hour

Question 62

qs

Answer 62

as much as required (quantity sufficient)

Question 63

qt

Answer 63

quart

Question 64

Rx

Answer 64

take

Question 65

s

Answer 65

without

Question 66

sig

Answer 66

write

Question 67

sol

Answer 67

solution

Question 68

solv

Answer 68

dissolve

Question 69

sos

Answer 69

if needed (for one time)

Question 70

spt

Answer 70

spirit

Question 71

sp frumenti

Answer 71

whiskey

Question 72

ss

Answer 72

half

Question 73

stat

Answer 73

Immediately

Question 74

syr

Answer 74

syrup

Question 75

tab

Answer 75

tablets, or tablet

Question 76

tr, tinct

Answer 76

tincture

A preparation of iodine and sodium iodine in diluted alcohol, used as a topical anti-infective.

Question 77

ung

Answer 77

ointment

Question 78

ut, dict

Answer 78

as directed

Question 79

vin

Answer 79

wine