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GI

Gastrointestinal

gr

Grain

Grad

Gradually

gtt.

Drops

h, hr

Hour

h.s (hor som)

Hour of sleep (bedtime)

HA

Headache

HCTZ

Hydrochlorothiazide

Hgb

Hemoglobin

HTN

Hypertension

ID

Intradermal

IM

Intramuscularly

INH

Isoniazid

Inj.

Injection

Instill

Instillation

IU

Internationional unit (rarely used anymore)

IV

Intravenously

IVP

Intravenous push

IVPB

Intravenous piggyback

Lot

Lotion

mEq

Milliequivalent

MOM

Milk of magnesia

MS

Morphine sulfate

N/V

Nausea and vomiting

NMT

Not more than both

NPO

Nothing by mouth

NS

Normal saline

NTE

Not to exceed

NTG

Nitroglycerin

NTG

Nitroglycerin

OD

Right eye

Oint.

Ointment

OS

Left eye

OU

Both eyes (each eye)

PB

Phenobarbital

pc

After meals

PCN

Penicillin

pm

Afternoon

po

By mouth

prn

As needed

pwd

Powder

q

Every

q2h, q4h.....

Every two hours, every four hours

qam

Every morning

qd

Daily

qd

Every day

qh

Every hour

qhs

At bedtime every night

qid

Four times a day

qod

Every other day

qs

A sufficient quantity

R

Rectal

Rep

Repeat

s

Without

Sig

Label (v.)

SL

Under the tongue

SMZ/TMP

Sulfamethoxazole with trimethoprim

SOB

Shortness of breath

Soln

Solution

sq (sc)

Subcutaneously

ss

(1/2) one half

stat

Immediatley

Supp

Suppository

Susp

Supension

Syr

Syrup

t.i.d

Three times

tab

Tablet

tbsp

Tablespoon

TCN

Tetracycline

top

Topical

TPN

Total peripheral (parenteral) nutrition

tr

Tincture

tsp

Teaspoonful

ud

As directed

ung

Ointment

URI

Upper respiratory infection

UTI

Urinary tract infection

Vag

Vaginally

Wk

Week