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Medical abbreviations on prescriptions derive from Latin
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The confusing scribbles on prescription pads are actually remnants of a dead language. Abbreviations like 'BID' or 'PRN' aren't just random letters; they are direct shorthand for Latin phrases like 'bis in die' (twice a day) and 'pro re nata' (as needed). It’s an ancient cryptographic tradition keeping instructions incredibly obscure.
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