nil per os
Sign in to saveAlso known as NPO, nothing by mouth, nil by mouth, n.p.o.
withholding oral ingestion of food and fluids for medical purposes; a Latin phrase meaning “nothing by mouth”
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- medical prescription
- Duration
- 9
- Has use
- first aid
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- has goal
- prevention
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