pulv.

American

abbreviation

(in prescriptions) powder.

Etymology

Origin of pulv.

From the Latin word pulvis

Example Sentences

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R. pulv., full; ditto, spirit. rect., empty; ditto, mur. hydrarg. seven-eighths full; ditto, ol. caryphyll., one-fifth full; ditto, ipec.

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For my part, I should prescribe:– Pulv.

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Peruv. crass. pulv. unc. i. coque in aq. fontan. lib. iij. ad lib. ij.

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Peruv. unc. i. pulv. rad. serpentar. virgin. cort. canel. alb. ana, drachm ij. syrup. q. s.

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Cinchonæ, ℥i Myrrhæ et Pulv.

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