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sig.

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  1. signal.
  2. signature.
  3. signor.Also Sig.
  4. signore; signori.Also Sig.
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Sig.1

  1. (in prescriptions) write; mark; label: indicating directions to be written on a package or label for the use of the patient.
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Origin of Sig.1

< Latin signā; See signa

Sig.2

  1. let it be written.
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Origin of Sig.2

From the Latin word signētur
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British Dictionary definitions for sig.

sig.

abbreviation for
  1. signature
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Sig.

abbreviation for
  1. (in prescriptions) signā
  2. (in prescriptions) signature
  3. signor
  4. signore
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Word Origin

(sense 1) Latin: sign (senses 3 and 4) Italian: mister
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sig. in Medicine

sig.

abbr.
  1. signa (sign; label)
  2. signetur (let it be labeled; let it be signed)
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