Across
- 3. Latin words for 'every hour, hourly'
- 4. Latin words for 'before meals'
- 5. injection into a vein using a syringe, either fast or over a long period
- 6. Latin words for 'take four times a day'
- 8. medications that destroy or slow the growth of bacteria and microorganisms
- 10. Latin words for 'take after meals'
- 11. Latin words for 'take every other day'
- 13. Latin words for 'take twice per day'
- 14. fast I.V.
- 15. Latin word for 'drop'
- 16. 2-5 mL injection delivered into the musculature at a 90 degree angle
- 20. Latin words for 'take as needed'
- 21. injection of a maximum of 0.5mLs of medication into the epidermis at a 10-15 degree angle
- 23. injection route used when medication can stain or cause skin irritation
- 24. I.V. over a long period
- 26. Latin words for 'take three times per day'
Down
- 1. Latin words for 'P.R.'
- 2. 1 mL or less injection delivered into the fatty layer under the skin at a 45 or 90 degree angle
- 6. Latin words for 'take every day at bedtime'
- 7. literal English meaning of 'P.O.'
- 9. administered beneath the tongue
- 12. to dispense or apply
- 17. applied to a certain part of the surface of the body
- 18. layer of the bone which nurses must take care not to hit during a subcutaneous injection
- 19. Latin words for 'P.O.'
- 22. drug that specifically treats viral infections
- 25. to change the color of something so that it cannot be easily removed
- 27. the amount and frequency of a medicine or drug that should be taken over a period of time
