PRESCRIPTION WRITING. 



"Words and Phrases Commonly Used in Prescrip- 

 tion Writing, With, their Abbreviations.* 



LATIN WOKD. 



ABBREVIATIONS. 



TRANSLATION. 



Acidum 



Ad 



Ad libitum 



Adde 



Ana 



Aqua fontana 



Aqua destillata 



Bene 



Bis in dies 



Cape, Capiat ' 



Capsula 



Ceratum 



Charta (karta) 



Chartula (kartula) 



Cochleare magnum 



Cochleare parvum 



Cola. Colatus 



Collyrium 



Compositus 



Congiua 



Confectio 



Cortex 



Cum 



Decoctum 



Dilute, Dilutus 



Divide 



Dividendus 



Dividatur in parts eequ- 



ales. 

 Dosis 



Emplastrum 

 Enema 

 Extractum 

 Fac, fiat, flant 



Filtrum, Filtra 



Fluidus 



Glyceritum 



Acid. 



Ad lib. 

 Add_. 

 A.aa. 

 Aq. font. 

 " dest. 



Bis. ind. 



Cap. 



Caps. 



Cerat. 



Chart. 



Chart. 



Coch. mag. 



Coch. parv. 



Col. 



CoUyr. 



Co. Comp. 



C. 



Conf. 



Cort. 



Decoc. 

 Dil. 

 D. Div. 

 Dividend. 

 D. in p. aeq. 



Dos. 



Emp. 



Enem. 



Ext. 



F. 



Fil. 

 Fl. f. 

 Glyo. 



An acid 

 To, up to 

 At pleasure 

 Add (thou). 

 Of each 

 Water, spring 



distiUed 

 Well 



Twice daily 

 Take. Let him take 

 A capsule 

 A cerate 



A paper (medicated) 

 A little paper for a 



powder 

 A tablespoon 

 A teaspoon 

 Strain, strained 

 An eye wash 

 Compound 

 A gallon 

 A confection 

 Bark 

 With 



A decoction 

 Dilute (thou), diluted 

 Divide (thou) 

 To be divided 

 Let it be divided into 



equal parts 

 A dose 

 A plaster 

 An enema 

 An extract 

 Make, let be made, let 



them be made 

 A filter. Filter (thou) 

 Fluid 

 A glycerine 



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