latin_medical_terms {doseminer}

R Documentation

List of Latin medical and pharmaceutical abbreviations

Description

A named character vector. Names represent Latin terms and values the English translations. Used for converting terms like "q4h" into "every 4 hours", which can then be parsed into a dosage frequency/interval.

Usage

latin_medical_terms

Format

An object of class character of length 47.

Details

Use with a function like str_replace_all to translate a prescription from Latin to English (thence to numbers).

Source

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_abbreviations_used_in_medical_prescriptions

Examples

stringr::str_replace_all('Take two tablets q4h', latin_medical_terms)

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