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by Shrinkrap - 02/06/2026 5:56 PM
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08/24/2014 1:22 PM
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Get rid of the Latin abbreviation in the prescription and medication writers. We can't use them in the hospital, and shouldn't use them elsewhere.
Kevin Miller, MD
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A dead language? Long live the "Sig"!!
Carpe diem--Horace
Non nobis solum nati sumus. --Cicero
Si vis amari, ama. --Seneca
Vestis virum reddit - Quintilianus
Vir sapit qui pauca loquitur. --Unknown
Semper inops quicumque cupit - Claudian
Dulce bellum inexpertis - Pindaros
...et cetera, et cetera, et cetera!
ac (ante cibum) means "before meals"
bid (bis in die) means "twice a day"
gt (gutta) means "drop"
hs (hora somni) means "at bedtime"
od (oculus dexter) means "right eye"
os (oculus sinister) means "left eye"
po (per os) means "by mouth"
pc (post cibum) means "after meals"
prn (pro re nata) means "as needed"
q 3 h (quaque 3 hora) means "every 3 hours"
qd (quaque die) means "every day"
qid (quater in die) means "4 times a day"
Sig (signa) means "write"
tid (ter in die) means "3 times a day"
John Howland, M.D.
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Ok John, I want you to correctly write "Romans Go Home" in latin on the outside wall of your office building.
Wayne
New York, NY
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And don't forget the expression often repeated by physicians, "noli illegitimi carborundum".
Jon
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Leslie
Hospital Employed Physician Who Misses The Old AC
"It's a good thing for a doctor to have prematurely grey hair and itching piles. It makes him appear to know more than he does and gives him an expression of concern which the patient interprets as being on his behalf. "
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Kevin, in all seriousness, forgive my hijack. I use Meditec at the hospital and it accepts the Latin abbreviations, so it hasn't been an issue for me.
And for your other Latin scholars out there...
"Romani ite domum" -- x100 by sunrise -- I'll get to work on it!
Leslie, being forced to switch from AC to Epic or Allscripts would drive me "bibendum" as well.
Jon, thanks for your quote--proof that Latin is alive and well.
Gaudeamus Igitur!
John Howland, M.D.
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Just make sure you conjugate that verb correctly or I will send that Roman soldier from Life of Brian to punish you.
Wayne
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Ah, but primum non nocere. If we're to communicate important medical information to patients using a foreign language, why not German?
Kevin Miller, MD
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Agreed-
The directions for the drugs should be in simple English, the abbreviations that developed to allow faster hand-written prescriptions now just get in the way when we give the patients their drug lists.
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Don't forget (my personal favorite): QUD = quia ut dixi
Because I said so!
Roger
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Do the right thing. The rest doesn?t matter. Cold or warm. Tired or well-rested. Despised or honored. ? --Marcus Aurelius --
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