aq. dest.

abbreviation

(in prescriptions) distilled water.

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Word History and Origins

From Latin aqua dēstillāta

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Example Sentences

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Rich glanced at it, saw that it was labelled aq. dest., and filled up the medicine-bottle, the boy handing the cork, and then gazing sympathetically in the pain-drawn face before him.