Ante Cibum - before meals

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• ante cibum — Before a meal. The plural is ante cibos, before meals. [L.] * * * an·te ci·bum (anґte siґbəm) [L.] before meals, usually abbreviated a.c. in prescriptions, etc …   Medical dictionary

• Grace Before Meals —     Thanksgiving before and after Meals     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Thanksgiving before and after Meals     The word grace, which, as applied to prayer over food, always in pre Elizabethan English took the plural form graces, means nothi …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Abbreviations, prescription — A prescription, as is well known, is a physician s order for the preparation and administration of a drug or device for a patient. What may be less well known is that a prescription has several parts: {{}}The superscription (or heading) with the… …   Medical dictionary

• Prescription abbreviations — A prescription, as is well known, is a physician s order for the preparation and administration of a drug or device for a patient. What may be less well known is that a prescription has several parts: {{}}The superscription (or heading) with the… …   Medical dictionary

• p.c. — Abbreviation meaning after meals (from the Latin post cibum , after meals). One of a number of hallowed abbreviations of Latin terms that have traditionally been used in prescriptions. Some others: {{}}a.c. = before meals (from ante cibum ,… …   Medical dictionary

• a.c. (on prescription) — Abbreviation meaning before meals; from the Latin ante cibum , before meals. This is one of a number of hallowed abbreviations of Latin terms that have traditionally been used in writing prescriptions. Some others: {{}}b.i.d. = twice a day (from… …   Medical dictionary

• p.o. — Abbreviation meaning by mouth, orally (from the Latin per os , by mouth). One of a number of hallowed abbreviations of Latin terms that have traditionally been used in prescriptions. Some others: {{}}a.c. = before meals (from ante cibum , before… …   Medical dictionary

• p.r.n. — Abbreviation meaning when necessary (from the Latin pro re nata , for an occasion that has arisen, as circumstances require, as needed). One of a number of hallowed abbreviations of Latin terms that have traditionally been used in prescriptions.… …   Medical dictionary

• AC — aeronaut. abbr. Advisory Circular aeronaut. abbr. Alternating Current agricult. abbr. Acetic Acid electr. abbr. Alternating Current gen. abbr. Alternating Current math. abbr. Alternating Current metal. abbr. Air Conditioning nucl. abbr. Ammonium… …   United dictionary of abbreviations and acronyms

• ac — abbreviation 1. account 2. acre 3. [Latin ante cibum] before meals …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• a.c. — Abbreviation for L. ante cibum, before a meal or ante cibos, before meals. * * * [L.] anґte ciґbum (before meals) …   Medical dictionary