Every week I'm going through a box of clutter from the dozen boxes I carted up here to store. I came across an article I'd torn our of a newspaper years ago that explains all those Latin words abbreviated on the prescriptions doctors write. No need to be puzzled by the esoteric words any longer. Just check the chart below.
Latin Prescription Vocabulary
Rx (prescription) = recipe
a.c. = ante cibum = before meals
p.c. = post cibum = after meals
č = cum = with
s (s with a line over it -- can't find the proper HTML mark) = sine = without
d = dies = day
b.i.d. = bis in die = 2 times a day
t.i.d. = ter in die - 3 times a day
q.i.d. = qauter in die = 4 times a day
p.r.n. = pro re nata = as needed
h.s. = hora somni = bedtime
O.D. = oculo dextro = right eye
O.S. = oculo sinistro = left eye
O.U. = oculo utro = in each eye
p.o. = per os = by mouth
git = gutta = drop
Takeaway Truth
There you have it. Latin medical jargon demystified.
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