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What is the abbreviation for per orem?

Terminology. The abbreviated P.O. is often used on medical prescriptions. P.O. is also occasionally rendered per orem, which is sometimes corrupted to per oram. These are grammatically incorrect; "os" is a neuter noun of the 3rd declension and thus the accusative case is the same as the nominative case .

What does Perm mean in medical terms?

Used to define a category of related records. Examples: STUDY MEDICATION, Perm RESCUE MEDICATION. Used to define a further categorization level for a group of related records. Perm.

What does per Orum mean?

(US, medicine) Alternative form of per os. via the mouth; orally. Typically occurring in nihil per orem (“nothing by mouth”). Proper Latin would be per os. It is sometimes seen in another ungrammatical Latin form per orum. English Wiktionary. Available under CC-BY-SA license.

What does “per diem” mean?

As related to reimbursement, the term “per diem” represents each day that a given patient is provided access to a prescribed therapy, beginning with the day the therapy is initiated and ending with the day the therapy is permanently discontinued.