Latin abbreviations in pharmacy

Open Ended

Have you seen this symbol in a paper? Where? What does it mean?

Multiple Choice

Abbreviations in healthcare are usually used in __________.

• documentation
• treatment
• diagnosis
• surgery

Multiple Choice

Healthcare professionals use medical abbreviations in communicating with one another.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Overdosing means _______

• giving excessive dosage of medicine

• not giving the medicine on time

• lack of medicine

Multiple Choice

Overdosing can lead to death.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Which of the following measurements are used in liquids or volume?

• kilogram

• gram

• milliliter

• milligram

Multiple Choice

A person suffering from hypertension has a high _______

• blood sugar

• cholesterol

• blood pressure

Multiple Choice

The doctor wrote:

Dx: Diabetes Type 2

What does it mean?

• The person needs medicine for diabetes

• The person is free form diabetes

• The person used to have diabetes

• The person is diagnosed with diabetes type 2

Multiple Choice

Medical abbreviations are written in ________ language.

• French

• Latin

• English

• Arabic

Multiple Choice

How do you call this?

• diagnosis

• injection

• paper

• prescription

Multiple Choice

This Latin abbreviation means ________

• before meals

• after meals

• aircon

Multiple Choice

In other words, it also means_______

• give after

• give after 1 week

• give now